Top 1200 Us Constitution Quotes & Sayings - Page 18

[quoting someone else] the American constitution is a document designed by geniuses to be eventually interpreted by idiots

Many talk much, and indeed well, of what Christ has done for us: but how little is spoken of what he is to do in us! and yet all that he has done for us is in reference to what he is to do in us.

Dominator culture has tried to keep us all afraid, to make us choose safety instead of risk, sameness instead of diversity. Moving through that fear, finding out what connects us, revelling in our differences; this is the process that brings us closer, that gives us a world of shared values, of meaningful community.

When we tolerate violations to the Constitution, the entire moral foundation of our political system is shaken to its core.

There is no end to the good we can do, to the influence we can have with others. Let us not dwell on the critical or the negative. Let us pray for strength; let us pray for capacity and desire to assist others. Let us radiate the light of the gospel at all times and all places, that the Spirit of the Redeemer may radiate from us.

What! I should call on that Infinite Love that has served us so well? Infinite cruelty rather, that made everlasting hell, Made us, foreknew us, foredoom'd us, and does what he will with his own; Better our dead brute mother who never has heard us groan.

We are a constitutional democracy. We must deal with things properly within the framework of the law and then the constitution.

There is no doubt that God will never be wanting to us, provided that He finds in us that humility which makes us worthy of His gifts, the desire of possessing them, and the promptitude to co-operate industriously with the graces He gives us.

In accordance with the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the issues of foreign policy and defense are fully in the hands of the president.

It is commonly believed that the rights of the American people come from the Constitution. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Certainly the Constitution does not require discrimination on the basis of sex. The only issue is whether it prohibits it. It doesn't.

Ultimately what we're touching is the invisible, all-pervasive intelligence that surrounds us and penetrates us. It is grooming us to be able to tolerate its splendor. It can't just reveal itself openly because we would be forfeited; we'd never know what hit us.

A Constitution is not meant to be a flexible arrangement which evolves from one decade to another depending on political expediency.

It is unbelievable that the federal court itself ignores that rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution apply in Puerto Rico.

The reason the Constitution gives judges life tenure is so they can be independent of political pressures and follow the law.

Images embrace us: they open up to us and close themselves to us in so far as they conjure up in us something that we could call an interior experience.

It's crazy that the Constitution has to be amended to clarify what for the majority of Americans is a clear and true statement: corporations are not people.

The repeal of racist language in the Constitution of Alabama was and still is a necessary step in the state's ability to progress.

The fact that slavery is written into the Constitution is about as entrenched a form of classism as you could possibly imagine.

This city, all they want us to be is ourselves. You love us how we are. We’re all a work in progress as men and you still love us and I thank you so much for embracing us.

I think executive orders with Donald Trump would be a very blunt instrument with respect to the Constitution.

The time has now come to amend the Constitution to restore freedom of speech for America's people of faith.

True friends see who we really are, hear our words and the feelings behind them, hold us in the safe harbor of their embrace, and accept us as we are. Good friends mirror our best back to us, forgive us our worst, and believe we will evolve into wise, wacky, and wonderful old people. Dear friends give us their undivided attention, encourage us to laugh, and entice us into silliness. And we do the same for them. A true friend gives us the courage to be ourselves because he or she is with us always and in all ways. In the safety of such friendships, our hearts can fully open.

Jesus taught us to pray, "Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us" not forgive us and smite those bastards who hurt us.

Let us ask... how things work at the level of on-going subjugation, at the level of those continuous and uninterrupted processes which subject our bodies, govern our gestures, dictate our behaviors, etc... we should try to discover how it is that subjects are gradually, progressively, really and materially constituted through a multiplicity of organisms, forces, energies, materials, desires, thoughts, etc. We should try to grasp subjection in its material instance as a constitution of subjects.

The resurrection is not a static and an isolated event fixed in the past, but the unleashing of a power and force that takes the form of a death defying love. Resurrection is ever present, constantly accosting us, challenging us, stretching us, cracking us open and seeking to have its way with us in order that we might come to maturity in Christ.

Beauty is nothing else but a just accord and mutual harmony of the members, animated by a healthful constitution.

Everybody has asked the question . . . 'What shall we do with the Negro?' I have had but one answer from the beginning. Do nothing with us! Your doing with us has already played the mischief with us. Do nothing with us!

God uses change to change us. He doesn’t use it to destroy us or to distract us, but to coax us to the next level of character, experience, compassion and destiny!

When the citizens at large administer the state for the common interest, the government is called by the generic name - a constitution.

Let us instill into the hearts of our children the love of freedom. Teach them that to be free is as precious as life itself. Fight every influence - Socialist, communist, whatever it may be - that would deprive an American citizen of the liberty vouchsafed by the Constitution. Liberty is truth. In truth we find liberty. You teachers, feel it in your hearts; instill it into the hearts of these precious children. May the Church of Jesus Christ ever stand true to the ideals of freedom.

There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it ill behooves any of us to find fault with the rest of us.

As the Constitution endures, persons in every generation can invoke its principles in their own search for greater freedom.

He works in us and with us, not against us or without us; so that his assistance is an encouragement to the facilitating of the work, and no occasion of neglect as to the work itself.

Contrary to our culture, the Biblical doctrine of Grace humbles us without degrading us, and elevates us without inflating us.

Why is it that some people, you know, think we should obey the Constitution sometimes and not other times.

My rights are precious, and I value those provided to me through the United States Constitution so much.

The whole idea that the Constitution of the United States would be used to advance a political agenda is absurd.

Christianity is permitted under China's constitution, and the government has long supported a network of official Christian churches.

In the discharge of duties my guide will be the Constitution, which I this day swear to preserve, protect, and defend.

Magnanimity is above circumstance; and any virtue which depends on that is more of constitution than of principle.

I was a constitutional law professor, which means unlike the current president I actually respect the Constitution.

The Constitution was never meant to prevent people from praying, it's declared purpose was to protect their freedom to pray

And what, you ask, does writing teach us? First and foremost, it reminds us that we are alive and that it is gift and a privilege, not a right. We must earn life once it has been awarded us. Life asks for rewards back because it has favored us with animation. So while our art cannot, as we wish it could, save us from wars, privation, envy, greed, old age, or death, it can revitalize us amidst it all.

The internet is watching us now. If they want to. They can see what sites you visit. In the future, television will be watching us, and customizing itself to what it knows about us. The thrilling thing is, that will make us feel we're part of the medium. The scary thing is, we'll lose our right to privacy. An ad will appear in the air around us, talking directly to us.

Some people think elections are a game: who's up or who's down. It's about our country. It's about our kids' future. It's about all of us together. Some of us put ourselves out there and do this against some difficult odds. We do it, each one of us, against difficult odds. We do it because we care about our country. Some of us are right, and some of us are not. Some of us are ready, and some of us are not. Some of us know what we will do on day one, and some of us haven't thought that through.

The kingdom of God must be a continuing revolution against the norms of the society that fall below the standards that are set for us in the gospel of Jesus Christ. In the field of public life, it must be a continuing revolution against proposals that contradict the fundamental principles as laid down in the Constitution of the United States, which was written by men whom God raised up for this very purpose. If we remember that, we will be in the forefront of every battle against the things that are tearing down our society.

That's why I believe in a Constitution which separates church from state. I've seen what happens when they get in cahoots.

Our constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens.

There's six of us, and they didn't treat any of us different. They loved us the same. They treated us all the same, and I just want to be like them when I grow up.

The Constitution grants only Congress - not the president - the power 'to borrow money on the credit of the United States.'

The Supreme Court is the last line of defense for the separation of powers and for the rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution.

I tell myself I bear witness. The real answer is that it's obviously my programming. And I lack the constitution for suicide.

Each of us has a family tree full of stories inside of us, Dirk thought. Each of us has a story blossoming out of us.

I pledge to respect and protect the constitution and the law of my country and to carry out my duties to the best of my ability.

A spiritual kingdom lies all about us, enclosing us, embracing us, altogether within reach of our inner selves, waiting for us to recognize it. God Himself is here awaiting our response to His presence. This eternal world will come alive to us the moment we begin to reckon upon its reality.

I think there's so much good in the worst of us, and so many of the worst of us get the best of us, that the rest of us aren't even worth talking about.

The voice of the Constitution is the inescapably solemn self-consciousness of the people giving the law unto themselves.

There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it ill behaves any of us to find fault with the rest of us.

No law can give Congress a backbone if it refuses to stand off as the coequal branch the Constitution made it.