P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

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.

I look on that paper (the Constitution) as the most fatal plan that could possibly be conceived to enslave a free people.

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.

As you may have heard, the U.S. is putting together a constitution for Iraq. Why don't we just give them ours? Think about it - it was written by very smart people, it's served us well for over two hundred years, and besides, we're not using it anymore.

My constitution was destroyed long ago; now I am living under the bylaws.

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

The more I study it [the Constitution], the more I have come to admire it, realizing that no other document devised by the hand of man ever brought so much progress and happiness to humanity.

The Constitution is an equally forthright piece of work and quite succinct ... giving the complete operating instructions for a nation of 250 million people. The manual for a Toyota Camry, which only seats five, is four times as long.

The rule of law is the basis for any democracy. And without the rule of law in democracy, you have chaos.

We say, that the Constitution of the United States is a glorious standard; it is founded in the wisdom of God.

The Constitution poses no threat to our current form of government.

India has remained a full, functioning democracy.

The Constitution cannot protect us unless we protect the Constitution.

The Constitution: it's not just a good idea, it's the law.

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

Often, we take stability - peace in terms of security and economic activity - to mean a country is doing well. We forget the third and important pillar of rule of law and respect for human rights, because no country can long remain prosperous without that third pillar.

A Constitution is not the act of a Government, but of a people constituting a government, and a government without a constitution is a power without right.

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

Even if I were knocked down by one gunshot it wouldn't affect our democracy and I wasn't knocked down and I have great confidence in our democracy and in Taiwan and in the people of Taiwan.

It is with your aid, as the people, that I think we shall be able to preserve - not the country, for the country will preserve itself, but the institutions of the country - those institutions which have made us free, intelligent and happy - the most free, the most intelligent, and the happiest people on the globe.

The building of America has had its fair share of mistakes, but it's a constitution that's the jewel of democracy, the envy of many, and it's the most generous nation in the world.

The vision that the founding fathers had of rule of law and equality before the law and no one above the law, that is a very viable vision, but instead of that, we have quasi mob rule.

Throughout my first year in office, I have stood up for principles that will guide our country back toward the path of freedom and prosperity.

The freedom enjoyed in Western society under the rule of law and constitutional government explains both the quality of its civilization and its wealth.

The fact that we're protected under that Constitution in exercising the right of free speech, it's a wonderful thing. You've got to come from somewhere else to realize how valuable it is.