A Sampling of Some Quotes about the U.S. Constitution from History
A Sampling of Some Quotes about the U.S. Constitution from History Quotes Source: http://www.constitution.org/cons/const_quotes.htm The following is a sampling of some quotes from history which make some very important points about the principles of constitutional republican government: 1. The Constitution was written to be understood by the voters; its words and phrases were used in their normal and ordinary, as distinguished from technical meaning; where the intention is clear, there is no room for construction, and no excuse for interpolation or addition. — Martin v . Hunter's Lessee, 1 Wheat 304; Gibbons v . Ogden, 9 Wheat 419; Brown v . Maryland, 12 Wheat 419; Craig v . Missouri, 4 Pet 10; Tennessee v . Whitworth, 117 U.S. 139; Lake County v . Rollins, 130 U.S. 662; Hodges v . United States, 203 U.S. 1; Edwards v . Cuba R. Co., 268 U.S. 628; The Pocket Veto Case, 279 U.S. 655; (Justice) Story on the Constitution, 5th ed., Sec 451; Cooley's Constitutional Limitations, 2n...