I also wish that the Pledge of Allegiance were directed at the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, as it is when the President takes his oath of office, rather than to the flag and the nation. Dr Carl Sagan
The Constitution does not allow reasons of state to influence our judgments. William Murray, Rex v Wilkes 8th June 1768
The progressive constitution should consider individual rights, free and secular education, gender equality, a free Mexico for the separation of church and state. Ignacio Ramirez, 1857
The British constitution is at the root of the problem. The fusion of parliament into both a law-making body and the source of government means there is little effective sanction or scrutiny of government. Will Hutton, The State to Come
The original copy of the Declaration of Independence is actually missing. Brad Meltzer’s Decoded s2e5: Declaration of Independence, History 2012
It never occurred to me that the rights to freedom spelled out in the Declaration of Independence were deliberately phrased to exclude slaves and women. The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman s1e3: The March of Freedom, National Geographic 2017
Right now as we talk the 4th and 6th Amendments to the Constitution to the Bill of Rights are dead letters. Chalmers Johnson, author Sorrows of Empire
This administration has in effect repealed key sections of the Bill of Rights. That have actually suspended Habeas Corpus in their Patriot Act. They have made indefinite detention possible. Mark Crispin Miller, author The Bush Dyslexicon