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If you challenge the constitution and if you challenge the borders of Iraq and the borders of the region, this is a public invitation to the countries in the region to violate Iraqi borders as well, which is a very dangerous escalation.
Haider al-Abadi
You
Constitution
Dangerous
Challenge
Borders
Invitation
Countries
Well
Iraq
Iraqi
Very
Escalation
Which
Public
Region
Violate
The real difference between the United States and other nations lies not in the words of the preamble to the Constitution, but in the fact that the substantive clauses of that Constitution are enforced by individuals independent of and not beholden to the elected branches.
Harold H. Greene
Constitution
Words
Other
States
Independent
Lies
Clause
Fact
Individuals
Between
Real
Real Difference
Preamble
Branches
Beholden
Nations
Difference
Substantive
Elected
Enforced
United
United States
The frame of mind in the local legislatures seems to be exerted to prevent the federal constitution from having any good effect.
Henry Knox
Good
Constitution
Mind
Frame
Local
Seems
Having
Prevent
Federal
Exerted
Effect
Any
If the Constitution was a movie, the Preamble would be the trailer, the First Amendment the establishing shot, the 13th the crowd pleaser and the 14th the ultimate hero scene.
Henry Rollins
Constitution
Hero
First
Pleaser
Would
Would-Be
Scene
Crowd
First Amendment
Ultimate
Trailer
Preamble
Amendment
Establishing
Movie
Shot
If there is one set of laws, one Constitution for every citizen, its protections hopefully applied equally to all, then why do the results seem to differ so radically? What do you call that? Look around - you're living in it.
Henry Rollins
You
Constitution
Citizen
Living
Every
Hopefully
Seem
Laws
Results
Look
Call
Equally
Around
Differ
Then
Radically
Why
Applied
Set
Could it be that violence is as much a part of the American identity as the Constitution, and a vital component to its economic stability?
Henry Rollins
Constitution
Component
Vital
Economic
Could
Part
Identity
American
Stability
American Identity
Much
Violence
The adoption by Jefferson and the Republicans of the political structure of their opponents is of an importance hardly inferior to that of the adoption of the Constitution by the states.
Herbert Croly
Constitution
Political
States
Structure
Adoption
Importance
Opponents
Inferior
Republicans
Jefferson
Hardly
The Legislature, which was elected under the Constitution framed and supported by colored men, declared that a man having more than an eighth of African blood in his veins was ineligible to office or a seat in the Legislature of the State of Georgia.
Hiram Rhodes Revels
Man
Constitution
Men
State
Framed
Having
More
Colored
Supported
Veins
His
Blood
Georgia
Than
Office
Legislature
African
Eighth
Which
Elected
Seat
My best hope is that Libya turns into a peaceful, sensible country that has all the things my father and lots of others have been calling for: independence of the courts and press, a protected and democratic constitution, with different parties involved in a healthy and open debate.
Hisham Matar
Hope
Best
Constitution
Debate
Father
Independence
Country
Healthy
Others
Press
Libya
Open
Involved
Parties
Democratic
Protected
Calling
Courts
Been
Lots
Different
Sensible
Turns
Peaceful
Things
Either somebody has equal rights, or they don't. And certainly in the Irish constitution, marriage is genderless. There's no mention of a man and a woman.
Hozier
Man
Constitution
Rights
Woman
Marriage
Somebody
Mention
Equal
Equal Rights
Irish
Either
Certainly
When I went to lobby Nelson Mandela while the post-apartheid constitution was being drafted, I asked him to endorse making it illegal to discriminate on grounds of sexuality. I'd been warned that he might giggle if I mentioned homosexuality.
Ian Mckellen
Constitution
Lobby
Giggle
Nelson
Nelson Mandela
Sexuality
Mentioned
He
Him
Making
Been
Discriminate
Endorse
Mandela
Being
While
Might
Asked
Warned
Illegal
Grounds
Drafted
Homosexuality
We came to say, the Quran is our constitution, we are committed to God and his holy book. God willing, should they try to carry out their crime against the Quran, God will tear their state apart and they will become God's lesson to anyone who tries to desecrate the holy book.
Ismail Haniyeh
God
Constitution
Book
Try
Crime
Will
Become
Lesson
State
Our
Say
Out
Willing
Carry
Tries
Came
His
Committed
Anyone
Against
Apart
Holy
Holy Book
Should
Who
Tear
In 2005 in Iraq, the constitution was written. A new government was elected. That government was trying to take office in 2006.
Jack Keane
Government
Constitution
Take
Written
New
New Government
Iraq
Office
Trying
Elected
We have this historic problem that we have a quarter of our population, the people of Quebec, who have never signed on to the Constitution. That can't go on forever.
Jack Layton
Constitution
People
Problem
Our
Signed
Never
Quarter
Go
Quebec
Historic
Forever
Who
Population
Southern Republicans are guided by the Bible. Western Republicans read the Constitution. Seen in historical terms, it's the difference between a movement descended from George Wallace and one that harks back to Barry Goldwater.
Jacob Weisberg
Bible
Constitution
Seen
Back
Guided
Between
Terms
Read
George
Western
Historical
Southern
Wallace
Difference
Movement
Republicans
Descended
Barry
Judgments that give an impression that we can disregard the Constitution for political expediency, or to solve what we regard as current problems, set a dangerous precedence which will make it difficult to govern in future or to make ordinary citizens to abide by the Constitution.
Jacob Zuma
Future
Constitution
Expediency
Dangerous
Political
Problems
Will
Difficult
Citizens
Solve
Abide
Give
Make
Judgments
Govern
Impression
Precedence
Current
Regard
Ordinary
Which
Disregard
Set
If we are competing in elections, it's because we believe in the popular vote and will be slaves to our constitution.
Jair Bolsonaro
Constitution
Vote
Will
Believe
Our
Because
Elections
Popular
Competing
Slaves
The Constitution provides that all Americans enjoy the right to live a life in accordance with their convictions of faith.
James Lankford
Life
Faith
Constitution
Convictions
Live
Enjoy
All Americans
Provides
Accordance
American
Right
In America, we have a two-party system, and the American Constitution is a piece of brilliance, but they did not know when they set it up we would just have a two-party system. It just so happens that our electorate pushed towards the two-party system because it's a very good way to govern.
Jamie Dimon
Good
Constitution
Our
Way
System
Would
Pushed
Good Way
Towards
Know
Piece
Because
Govern
Up
Very
America
American
Did
Just
Happens
Electorate
Brilliance
Set
Two-Party
Tolerance is carved into the rostrum of the U.S. House of Representatives and intolerance should not be carved into the U.S. Constitution.
Jay Inslee
Constitution
Tolerance
Intolerance
Carved
House
House Of Representatives
Representatives
Should
I think that the proposed constitution is one of the European legal documents with the strongest social dimension I have seen since I began following European issues.
Jean-Pierre Raffarin
Constitution
Legal
Seen
Think
Dimension
Following
Strongest
Proposed
Since
Documents
Issues
Began
Social
European
Nowhere does our Constitution say we cannot say something about another's religion. Nowhere does our Constitution say we cannot say anything that offends someone.
Jeanine Pirro
Religion
Constitution
Our
Say
We Cannot
About
Someone
Something
Another
Does
Offends
Anything
Cannot
Nowhere
Judges are the people who have to protect the rights of individuals, have to protect the rights of minorities, have to protect the rights in the Constitution, have to protect the requirement that the executive and the legislature not simply exercise raw power but adhere to standards of reasonableness and constitutionality.
Jed S. Rakoff
Constitution
Rights
People
Power
Adhere
Minorities
Raw
Simply
Individuals
Protect
Executive
Exercise
Judges
Legislature
Requirement
Standards
Who
The enemies of freedom are waging an all-out assault on the Second Amendment to the Constitution, which we have sworn to protect and defend.
Jeff Duncan
Freedom
Constitution
Enemies
All-Out
Protect
Waging
Amendment
Which
Assault
Sworn
Second
Second Amendment
Defend
I would bring a $100 bill, and I would say, 'Alright, first person' - and everybody has their iPhone - and I would say, 'First person to find in the Constitution the phrase 'separation of church and state' gets this $100 bill'... And you know what - and everybody knows that, right? - that phrase isn't in the U.S. Constitution. It's nowhere.
Jeffrey C. Mateer
You
Constitution
Church
First
Separation
Everybody
State
Church And State
Say
Would
Find
Phrase
Know
Alright
Knows
First-Person
iPhone
Person
Gets
Bill
Nowhere
Right
Bring
I have a strong constitution.
Jennie Garth
Constitution
Strong
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