Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada Quotes

We have to worry about protecting the Constitution.

We can't pick and choose when to adhere to the Constitution and when to cast it aside.

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

Our government depends upon the rule of law.

We are a nation of laws with respect and recognition of the rule of law. We are not an imperialist government with a monarch abiding by the rule of one man.

The Supreme Court, of course, has the responsibility of ensuring that our government never oversteps its proper bounds or violates the rights of individuals. But the Court must also recognize the limits on itself and respect the choices made by the American people.

For then only will you be strong, when you cherish the laws, and when the revolutionary attempts of lawless men shall have ceased.

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.

Liberty regulated by law is the underlying principle of our institutions.

Albania under law is the motto that leads our vision.

If the provisions of the Constitution be not upheld when they pinch as well as when they comfort, they may as well be abandoned

We are living out the liberal dream of our founders. The Constitution, the very liberal document - we have gone beyond English common law, which was the basis of law in the West.

We are a country of laws. When you take that away, the consequences are enormous.

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

The government, under my leadership, will act to implement the rule of law and to maintain the independence of the judicial system, which is one of the pillars of maintaining a democratic system.

We are a country based on the rule of law.

My loyalty is to the Constitution and the rule of law.

Of course in a democracy the government and the citizens have to abide by court rulings, even if we don't like them or don't agree with them.

We all want and need the rule of law to be upheld.

Respect for the rule of law is not optional; it's fundamental.

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 constitution is a sacred document in a democracy.

The Framers of the Constitution knew that free speech is the friend of change and revolution. But they also knew that it is always the deadliest enemy of tyranny.

I think, at times of stress, you have to trust the pillars of democracy.

The clearest way to show what the rule of law means to us in everyday life is to recall what has happened when there is no rule of law.