Constitution quotes

“- Simon Wilder: The beauty of the Constitution is that it can always be changed. The beauty of the Constitution is that it makes no set law other than faith in the wisdom of ordinary people to govern themselves.
- Prof. Pitkannan: Faith in the wisdom of the people is exactly what makes the Constitution incomplete and crude.
- Simon Wilder:...” (continue)(continue reading)
Joe Pesci - Simon Wilder
Gore Vidal - Prof. Pitkannan

“- Judge: The word 'woman' does not appear even once in the US Constitution.
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Nor does the word 'freedom', Your Honor.”
Felicity Jones - Ruth Bader Ginsburg

“- Juror #2: It's hard to put into words. I just think he's guilty. I thought it was obvious from the word, 'Go'. Nobody proved otherwise.
- Juror #8: Nobody has to prove otherwise. The burden of proof is on the prosecution. The defendant doesn't even have to open his mouth. That's in the Constitution.”
John Fiedler - Juror 2
Henry Fonda - Juror 8

“Thank you all for coming at such short notice. I think we all agree that this is an extraordinarily sensitive occasion which presents us with tremendous challenges logistically, constitutionally, practically, diplomatically, and procedurally.”
Douglas Reith - Lord Airlie

“- Ben Gates:Whether by innate character or the oath you took to defend the Constitution or the weight of history that falls upon you, I believe you to be an honorable man, sir.
- The president: Gates, people don't believe that stuff anymore.
- Ben Gates: They want to believe it.”
Nicolas Cage - Ben Gates
Bruce Greenwood - The president

“- Roy Cohn: I want a white nurse. My constitutional right.
- Belize: You're in a hospital, you don't have any constitutional rights.”
Al Pacino - Roy Cohn
Jeffrey Wright - Belize

“My name's Donovan. Irish, both sides. Mother and father. I'm Irish and you're German. But what makes us both Americans? Just one thing. One. Only one. The rule book. We call it the Constitution, and we agree to the rules, and that's what makes us Americans.”
Tom Hanks - James B. Donovan

“I'm not a Christian. I'm not an Atheist. I'm not Jewish. I'm not Muslim. My religion, what I believe in is called the Constitution of United States of America.”
Ryan Gosling - Stephen Meyers

“Our constitution has many good articles, and some bad ones. I do not know yet which predominate.”
Stephen Dillane - Thomas Jefferson

“If the First Amendment will protect a scumbag like me, it will protect all of you.”
Woody Harrelson - Larry Flynt

“This whole damn system works on a bluff, you know that. Once it's blown, we go back to a constitutional government. And you'll be selling shoes.”

James Ray - Commissioner

“This is the Constitution of the United States. I've read it cover to cover. I don't find anything in it about vaporizing 2,600 American citizens. But it does say, several times, that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process.”

J. T. Walsh - Chief of Staff

“At the heart of the First Amendment is the recognition of the fundamental importance of the free flow of ideas, freedom to speak one's mind is not only an aspect of an individual liberty but is essential to the quest for truth and the vitality of society as a whole, in the world of debate about public affairs many things done with motives that...” (continue)(continue reading)
Edward Norton - Alan Isaacman

“The last struggle for Constitutional rights is being waged over drugs.”
James Woods - Eddie Dodd

“Many of the fathers of the Constitution had slaves, but they wrote a document about freedom. Go figure! So you see, things are meant to change; we're all grown up now.”
Wesley Snipes - Joe

“- Michael: I wanted to ask you if you're free after school today.
- Stephanie: Yeah. I'm free every day. It's in the Constitution.”
Maxwell Caulfield - Michael
Michelle Pfeiffer - Stephanie

“It's in the area of narcotics, Mr. Reynard, that the government tramples on the Fourth Amendment.”
James Woods - Eddie Dodd

“- John Gotti: Let me go through this RICO thing again. It says if anyone anywhere is caught doin' anything wrong, then everyone is guilty up and down the line. Wait a minute. This is a law?
- Bruce Cutler: It is the government's license to throw out the Constitution.”
Armand Assante - John Gotti
Al Waxman - Bruce Cutler

“The Constitution wasn't written on an etch-a-sketch, but every once in a while you gotta twist the knobs a little.”
Anthony Geary - Wheel