The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon

The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon

A lawyer's primer: If you don't have the law, you argue the facts; if you don't have the facts, you read more

A lawyer's primer: If you don't have the law, you argue the facts; if you don't have the facts, you argue the law; if you have neither the facts nor the law, then you argue the Constitution

I confess that there are several parts of this Constitution which I do not at present approve, but I am read more

I confess that there are several parts of this Constitution which I do not at present approve, but I am not sure I shall never approve them. For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information, or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise.

To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.

To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.

The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.

The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.

The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people read more

The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.

The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive.

The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive.

The Constitution is not a panacea for every blot upon the public welfare, nor should this Court, ordained as a read more

The Constitution is not a panacea for every blot upon the public welfare, nor should this Court, ordained as a judicial body, be thought of as a general haven for reform movements.