Clarence Darrow Quotes

Where has the genius of the pedistal [sic] of the laws and constitution of our boasted country fled?

Our peculiar security is in the possession of a written Constitution. Let us not make it a blank paper by construction.

Every constitutional standard is engaged in difficult but important line-drawing.

We have to be a nation of laws.

Our Constitution framers were men and women with great foresight. They understood the majesty of the rule of law, and of rule by laws.

We have a government of limited power under the Constitution, and we have got to work out our problems on the basis of law.

Government without a constitution, is a power without a right.

The Constitution is the bedrock of all our freedoms; guard and cherish it; keep honor and order in your own house; and the republic will endure.

The best laws cannot make a constitution work in spite of morals; morals can turn the worst laws to advantage.

The Constitution deals with substance, not shadows.

You either believe in the Constitution, or you don't.

So long as we govern our nation by the letter and spirit of the Bill of Rights, we can be sure that our nation will grow in strength and wisdom and freedom.

I am a constitutionalist. I believe in the constitution. I don't believe in altering the constitution.

We are a nation of laws.

The conscience of this nation is the Constitution.

I would also hope that no one would think about trying to amend the constitution as a political strategy.

The constitution is the ultimate custodian of social will and its making should be accorded all due diligence.

Law in general is human reason, inasmuch as it governs all the inhabitants of the earth: the political and civil laws of each nation ought to be only the particular cases in which human reason is applied.

My touchstone for every question is the Constitution.

We are not in the regime of Aurangzeb. We are in the regime of rule of law. When rule of law is concerned, it applies to government, it applies to Supreme Court, it applies to everybody.

Societies cannot move forward without law, and our constitution is the cornerstone of the law and our National Assembly is its umbrella and fortress.

The ultimate touchstone of constitutionality is the Constitution itself and not what we have said about it.

Yes, people need food and education. But one of the cornerstones of any society is a well-functioning legal system.

We are a nation of laws, and we will always act within the bounds of the law.