Quotes on the Constitution

“A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth … and what no just government should refuse or rest on inference.” Thomas Jefferson

“A Constitution is not meant to facilitate change. It is meant to impede change, to make change difficult.” Antonio Scalia

“Conservative or liberal, we are all constitutionalists.” Barack Obama

“Government is not reason, it is not eloquence; it is force.” George Washington

“Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” Abraham Lincoln

“I wish the Constitution … had been made more perfect, but I sincerely believe it is the best that could be obtained at this time.” George Washington

“The best organized groups tend to be neither the most representative nor the most moderate.” Christopher Caldwell

“The Constitution created separated institutions sharing powers.” Richard Neustadt

“The Constitution is an invitation to struggle.” Edwin Corwin

“The Constitution is based upon the three principles of compromise, compromise and compromise.” Alistair Cooke

“The Federal Government did not create the States; the States created the Federal government.” Ronald Reagan

“The people are the government, administering it by the agents; they are the government, the sovereign power.” Andrew Jackson

“What the Constitution separates, the political parties do not combine.” Richard Neustadt

“Yes we can, but …” Barack Obama