Pat Robertson Quotes

The constitution is a sacred document in a democracy.

The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.

We are a constitutional democracy. We must deal with things properly within the framework of the law and then the constitution.

Government is necessary for our survival. We need government in order to survive. The Founding Fathers created a special place for government. It is called the Constitution.

I think we Americans, of all people, understand the importance of a good, legal, constitutional framework as the basis of political life.

The government serves the people - not vice-versa.

The Constitution lies at the core of our civil religion.

Freedom of speech, freedom to criticize pillars of government, freedom to form parties and freedom of the press within the framework of the constitution are among the absolute rights of the public.

All government is a trust. Every branch of government is a trust, and immemorially acknowledged to be so.

The prohibitions of the Constitution were put in place precisely to prevent majority opinion from ruling certain areas of life.

The Constitution means that each one of us counts.

Constitution! Wisdom. Justice. Moderation

Are the governors such exceptionally gifted men as to enable them … to represent the masses and act in the interests of all men better than all men would be able to act for themselves?

If you have an election no mater how free, if you do not have a government that respects people’s rights, you don’t have a democracy.

Government should fear the people, not the other way around.

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

I'm not pro-government at all, I'm pro-people.

Our government leaders... have made many mistakes in the past when they have lost sight of the sacred American values rooted in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. We are at the brink of even graver mistakes and assaults on these values.

All repressive laws must be revoked, and laws introduced to protect the rights of the people.

Fair votes - fundamentally - are about the rights and the interests of the people.

I do not subscribe to the doctrine that the people are the slaves and property of their government. I believe that government is for the use of the people, and not the people for the use of the government.

It is the Constitution of the United States that has been undermined, undercut, and is under attack. It is the American people's liberties that is in jeopardy. That is why I wrote 'Losing America.'

The constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times, and under all circumstances.

A competition of the best ideas - that should be what Congress is about.

Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.