It is becoming more widely acknowledged that it is better to have a good constitution than not having a perfect one.
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A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot.
However good a Constitution may be, if those who are implementing it are not good, it will prove to be bad. However bad a Constitution may be, if those implementing it are good, it will prove to be good.
The ultimate touchstone of constitutionality is the Constitution itself and not what we have said about it.
Lots of countries have great constitutions, but their leaders have a practice of ignoring the rules whenever they feel like it.
We know no document is perfect, but when we amend the Constitution, it would be to expand rights, not to take away rights from decent, loyal Americans. This great Constitution of ours should never be used to make a group of Americans permanent second-class citizens.
I happen to miss the Constitution; I thought it was a good document.
A Constitution should be short and obscure.
I submit, on the other hand, most respectfully, that the Constitution not merely does not affirm that principle, but, on the contrary, altogether excludes it.
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.
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.
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