Jacob Zuma Quotes

The constitution is a sacred document in a democracy.

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.

The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and peace.

A constitution is made of a spirit, institutions, and a practice.

I believe in the Constitution.

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

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.

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

The U.S. Constitution is the basic framework for the greatest democracy on Earth. Some of my colleagues find it easy to amend it. I don't.

For myself, therefore, I desire to declare that the principle that will govern me in the high duty to which my country calls me is a strict adherence to the letter and spirit of the Constitution as it was designed by those who framed it.

We have to worry about protecting the Constitution.

The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.

The Constitution lies at the core of our civil religion.

The purpose of a written constitution is to bind up the several branches of government by certain laws, which, when they transgress, their acts shall become nullities; to render unnecessary an appeal to the people, or in other words a rebellion, on every infraction of their rights, on the peril that their acquiescence shall be construed into an intention to surrender those rights.

Constitution! Wisdom. Justice. Moderation

Constitutional democracy is a Western idea.

The whole point of the Constitution is to limit at some point and in some way popular will.

There is a problem. We do have this little thing called the Constitution.

I firmly believe that the Constitution is the most powerful challenge to illiberal tendencies. If the Constitution is followed in letter and spirit and if the laws are made in the spirit in which Constitution was made, liberties can indeed be protected.

In a nation based on the 'consent of the governed,' judges are supposed to apply the laws the people have assented to.

I believe in the Constitution - and I believe in common sense.

Our government depends upon the rule of law.

The path we have chosen is constitutional.

The layman's constitutional view is that what he likes is constitutional and that which he doesn't like is unconstitutional.

I believe the Constitution matters: that it's not just a few pieces of paper.