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The perversions are as follows: of royalty, tyranny; of aristocracy, oligarchy; of constitutional government, democracy.
— Aristotle.
In a constitutional democracy the moral content of law must be given by the morality of the framer or legislator, never by the morality of the judge.
— Robert Bork
Edward Snowden isn't a traitor. He reported the crime of conspiracy to deny citizens of their constitutional rights.
— David Chiles
The more that voting is glorified as a panacea, the more lackadaisical people become about preserving their constitutional rights.
— James Bovard
I do support a constitutional amendment on marriage between a man and a woman, but I would not be going into the states to overturn their state law.
— Michele Bachmann
Of course, the aim of a constitutional democracy is to safeguard the rights of the minority and avoid the tyranny of the majority. (p. 102)
— Cornel West
British rule meant not democracy -colonialism is almost by definition underdemocratic - but limited constitutional liberalism and capitalism
— Fareed Zakaria
The petitioner may have a constitutional right to talk politics, but he has no constitutional right to be a policeman.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
We need a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to control the so-called free speech rights of corporations.
— Hank Johnson
The greatest threat to the constitutional right to vote is voter fraud.
— Lynn Westmoreland
All I will say is that there are particular features of the American constitutional system that renders a third party futile - at best.
— Todd Gitlin
Under our constitutional system, the executive executes the laws that Congress has passed. It should not be executing laws that Congress has rejected.
— Charles Krauthammer
Who is an elected government in a constitutional democracy to decide it will not tolerate dissent.
— Christina Engela
I'm not versed enough in constitutional law to run for office. I'd have to go back to school or something.
— Zach Galifianakis
The constitutional questions are in the first instance not questions of right but questions of might.
— Ferdinand Lassalle
This can't be constitutional," he said. "This is America, damn it. We still have freedom of speech here.
— Bentley Little
Let us by wise and constitutional measures promote intelligence among the people as the best means of preserving our liberties.
— James Monroe
Constitutional provisions are not barriers to government misconduct. At best, they can be speed bumps.
— Arnold Kling
Perhaps it only applies in the States, where emotional optimism is a constitutional duty
— Julian Barnes
Egypt now is a real civil state. It is not theocratic, it is not military. It is democratic, free, constitutional, lawful and modern.
— Mohammed Morsi
A freedom given up is not so easily regained.
— Rivera Sun
The establishment of the chaplainship to Congress is a palpable violation of ... constitutional principles.
— James Madison
The citizens of the United States have peculiar motives to support the energy of their constitutional charters.
— James Madison
Censorship does not interfere with the constitutional rights of every American to sit alone in a dark room in the nude and cuss.
— Pat Paulsen
Some kinds of government regulation of private consensual homosexual behavior may face substantial constitutional challenge.
— Anthony Kennedy
It's my constitutional right to have my choice of who I want to vote for for president.
— Stacey Dash
We didn't pass any constitutional amendments that affected the executive branch while I was governor.
— John Engler
I definitely do not support a constitutional amendment that has to do with prohibiting gay marriage.
— Dina Titus
Granting such immunity undermines the constitutional protections Americans trust the Congress to protect.
— Barack Obama
Indeed, that the Second Amendment poses no barrier to strong gun laws is perhaps the most well-settled proposition in American constitutional law.
— Erwin Griswold
As far as military necessity will permit, religiously respect the constitutional rights of all.
— George B. McClellan