Quotes About Interpreting The Constitution

#1. Whether interpreting the Constitution or filling in the blanks of a law or a regulation, every word of the court's opinion can widen or narrow our rights as Americans and either protect us or leave us more vulnerable to any winds that blow.

Herb Kohl

#2. The court's injected itself in the definition of marriage, deciding whether or not human life is worth protecting, permitting government to transfer private property from one person to another, even interpreting the Constitution on the basis of foreign and international laws.

Sam Brownback

#3. Unfortunately, people are re-interpreting the Constitution as a living document, and it's not. It's a solid-based document and it shouldn't be played with.

Chuck Norris

#4. We shouldn't have to be burdened with all the technicalities that come up from time to time with shrewd, smart lawyers interpreting what the laws or what the Constitution may or may not say.

Dan Quayle

#5. It is important that democracy in Lebanon is protected and that Hezbollah will not be supported by outside forces like Syria and Iran.

Ehud Olmert

#6. It is difficult to maintain the illusion that we are interpreting a Constitution, rather than inventing one.

Antonin Scalia

#7. "Abroad," that large home of ruined reputations.

George Eliot

#8. Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance

U.S. Army

#9. The truth is, my dad was a great driver. I mean, he could handle an automobile. He loved speed. He used to joke that his one regret was he didn't join the volunteer fire service so he could drive the ambulance.

Joe Biden

#10. If you would stick to the concrete, and put your discoveries in the form of entertaining anecdotes about your adventures with women, your conversation would be easier to follow.

George Bernard Shaw

#11. Had she read any good books lately? At all? She could tell him that she was going to take out a subscription at the library tomorrow because she was feeling starved of good reading material and could he recommend anything that she might not already have read?

Mary Balogh

#12. We are story animals. And we need to tell our stories in as direct, as unmediated, and as emotionally resonant a way as possible.

Stephen Apkon

#13. We're focusing on what we need to do. The only attention we're thinking about is giving each other the attention that we need as a team, and making sure that everyone in here knows how they important they are to our success.

Dwyane Wade

#14. A big thing that gets people in trouble in the kitchen is not reading the recipe from start to finish before you cook it. Before you start anything, read through the entire recipe once.

Gail Simmons

#15. Who we are and how we engage with the world are much stronger predictors of how our children will do than what we know about parenting.

Brene Brown

#16. In Nonviolent Communication you will find an amazingly effective language for saying what's on your mind and in your heart. Like so many essential and elegant systems, it's simple on the surface, challenging to use in the heat of the moment and powerful in its results.

Vicki Robin

#17. The outlet for my sorrow, that I do feel deeply, and the pain, is the songs. That's where it goes.

Dan Fogelberg

#18. If the man screwed like he kissed she was a goner

Amy Andrews

#19. Without prayer it is impossible to resist temptations and to keep the commandments.

Alphonsus Liguori