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Constitutional Right Quotes (page 4)

The only subject ... on which he (Mr. Peggotty - M. Zh.) ever showed a violent temper or swore an oath, was this generosity of his; and if it were ever referred to ... he struck the table a heavy blow with his right hand (had split it on one such occasion), and swore a dreadful oath that he would be "Gormed" if he didn't cut and run for good, if it was ever mentioned again. It appeared ... that nobody had the least idea of the etymology of this terrible verb passive to be gormed; but that... Charles Dickens
...Cities may be rebuilt, and a People reduced to Poverty, may acquire fresh Property: But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty once lost is lost forever. When the People once surrendered their share in the Legislature, and their Right of defending the Limitations upon the Government, and of resisting every Encroachment upon them, they can never regain it. John Adams
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Any man more right than his neighbors constitutes a majority..."
Any man more right than his neighbors constitutes a majority of one already. Henry David Thoreau
The traditional religious right's failure to restore public-school prayer or pass an antiabortion constitutional amendment has likely helped fuel the spread of the more extreme dominionist school. Jon Meacham
Eliot Engel quote: "Preventing terrorist attacks is of the highest important, but..."
Preventing terrorist attacks is of the highest important, but trashing the Constitution is not the right way to do it. Eliot Engel
William O. Douglas quote: "The critical point is that the Constitution places the right..."
The critical point is that the Constitution places the right of silence beyond the reach of government. William O. Douglas
Money is speech. It's incongruous to say a multimillionaire can spend as much on his own campaign as he wants, but you can only give $2,300. His free speech rights are different from yours, thus violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution. It's absurd. Roger Stone
James K. Polk quote: "Minorities have a right to appeal to the Constitution as a..."
Minorities have a right to appeal to the Constitution as a shield against such oppression. James K. Polk
One great object of the Constitution was to restrain majorities from oppressing minorities or encroaching upon their just rights. James K. Polk
For thirty years, beginning with the invention of a privacy right in the Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade, the Left has been waging a systematic assault on the constitutional foundation of the nation. David Horowitz
The Constitution gives the president the power to appoint, upon the advice and consent of a majority of the Senate, and it plainly does not give a minority of senators any right to interfere with that process. John Jay Hooker
I am a free lover. I have an inalienable, constitutional and natural right to love whom I may, to love as long or short a period as I can; to change that love every day if I please. Victoria Woodhull
Neither James Madison, for whom this lecture is named, nor any of the other Framers of the Constitution, were oblivious, careless, or otherwise unaware of the words they chose for the document and its Bill of Rights. Diane Wood
Upon the Constitution, upon the pre-existing legal rights of the People, as understood in this country and in England, I have argued that this House is bound to revive the Petition under debate. Caleb Cushing
Some of them, in accepting the proposed plan of government, coupled their acceptance with a recommendation of various additions to the Constitution, which they deemed essential to the preservation of the rights of the States, or of the People. Caleb Cushing

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