Speech · Political speechWhen the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir... America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned.Martin Luther King, Jr.I Have a Dream · 1963★ 7.3
Philosophical literature · Political literatureThe American Constitutions were to Liberty what a grammar is to language: they define its parts of speech, and practically construct them into syntax.Thomas PaineRights of Man · 1791★ 5.4
LectureWe current Justices read the Constitution in the only way that we can: as Twentieth Century Americans. We look into the history of the time of framing and to the intervening history of interpretation. But, the ultimate question must be, what do the words of the text mean in our time. For the genius of the Constitution rests not in any static meaning it might have had in a world that is dead and gone, but it's in the adaptability of its great principles to cope with current problems and current needs.William J. Brennan, Jr.1985★ 5.1
But, as the British Constitution is the most subtle organism which has proceeded from the womb and the long gestation of progressive history, so the American Constitution is, so far as I can see, the most wonderful work ever struck off a given time by the brain and purpose of man.William E. GladstoneKin Beyond Sea · 1878★ 5.0
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