Quotesia
Home
Authors
Popular authors
Sigmund Freud
Dag Hammarskjold
Charlotte Whitton
John Ruskin
Denis Diderot
William Cullen Bryant
All authors
Today's birthdays
1734 - Daniel Boone
1755 - Marie Antoinette
1951 - Thomas Mallon
1950 - Graeme Murphy
1980 - Karamo Brown
1773 - Stephen Grellet
Today's birthdays
Popular professions
Architect
Psychologist
Mathematician
Designer
Chef
Celebrity
All professions
Authors by letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
All authors
Topics
Top Quotes
Quotesia
Terry Sanford Quotes
Terry Sanford quote
Terry Sanford quote
Previous quote
The drafters of the Constitution... wisely put restraints on the president.
Terry Sanford
Facebook
Twitter
Vkontakte
Tumblr
Reddit
Terry Sanford
American
Politician
Born:
Aug 20
,
1917
Died:
Apr 18
,
1998
Topics
Constitution
,
President
,
Put
,
Wisely
Links
Cite this page:
Citation
Related Authors
Alexander Hamilton
,
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
,
Benjamin Franklin
,
Bernie Sanders
,
John F. Kerry
,
Nancy Pelosi
,
Robert Kennedy
,
Shirley Chisholm
Quotes To Explore
We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.
Abraham Lincoln
Constitution
People
Men
Congress
Rightful
Both
Masters
Courts
Overthrow
Who
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.
John Adams
Government
Constitution
People
Made
Other
Our
Moral
Religious
Religious People
Only
Any
Inadequate
Wholly
The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
Benjamin Franklin
Happiness
You
Constitution
Yourself
People
Only
Gives
Pursue
Catch
Right
Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.
Abraham Lincoln
Constitution
Our
Liberties
Must
Only
Maintained
Safeguard
Anything
Interfere
The glory of justice and the majesty of law are created not just by the Constitution - nor by the courts - nor by the officers of the law - nor by the lawyers - but by the men and women who constitute our society - who are the protectors of the law as they are themselves protected by the law.
Robert Kennedy
Justice
Constitution
Women
Law
Men
Men And Women
Society
Our
Constitute
Lawyers
Majesty
Protected
Protector
Glory
Courts
Nor
Officers
Just
Themselves
Created
Who
The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.
James Madison
Constitution
Trust
People
Nation
Every
Preserves
Other
Possess
Advantage
Almost
Over
Armed
Arms
Governments
American
Afraid
Being
Where
Which
We have the oldest written constitution still in force in the world, and it starts out with three words, 'We, the people.'
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Constitution
People
Words
World
Three
Starts
Out
Written
Force
Still
Oldest
The Constitution shall never be construed... to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.
Samuel Adams
Constitution
People
Own
States
Citizens
Prevent
Shall
Never
Arms
Who
Peaceable
United
United States
Keeping
However good a Constitution may be, if those who are implementing it are not good, it will prove to be bad. However bad a Constitution may be, if those implementing it are good, it will prove to be good.
B. R. Ambedkar
Good
Constitution
Will
Those
Bad
Implementing
Prove
However
May
Who
The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks.
Samuel Adams
Freedom
Constitution
Worth
Country
Duty
Our
Liberties
Civil
Attacks
Hazards
Against
Them
Defend
Defending
More quotes?
Try another of these similiar topics.
Constitution
President
Put
Wisely