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However good a Constitution may be, if those who are implementing it are not good, it will prove to be bad. However bad a Constitution may be, if those implementing it are good, it will prove to be good.

~B. R. Ambedkar

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I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying.

~Barack Obama

Topics: Act Also Amend Any Ban Constitution Defense Floor Gays Lesbians Marriage Marrying Oppose Opposed Proposal Repeal Senate Should U.s. Constitution Vote Will

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We know no document is perfect, but when we amend the Constitution, it would be to expand rights, not to take away rights from decent, loyal Americans. This great Constitution of ours should never be used to make a group of Americans permanent second-class citizens.

~Barbara Boxer

Topics: Amend American Away Citizens Constitution Decent Document Expand Great Group Know Loyal Make Never Ours Perfect Permanent Rights Second-Class Should Take Used Would

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I wish the press were paying more attention to the erosion of the Constitution and the slippery slope that we're getting into, by giving up the right of the Congress to talk about when and how and where we go to war.

~Barbara Lee

Topics: About Attention Congress Constitution Erosion Getting Giving Giving Up Go How More Paying Press Right Slippery Slippery Slope Slope Talk Up War Were Where Wish I Wish

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Our constitution should be inspired by the philosophy of the Koran with principles that are set in stone and not open to the whims of individual judges, as is the case now. In particular, the constitution should protect every citizen's basic human rights regardless of their sex, status or sect. Everyone should be equal before the law.

~Basmah Bint Saud

Topics: Basic Before Case Citizen Constitution Equal Every Everyone Human Human Rights Individual Inspired Judges Koran Law Now Open Our Particular Philosophy Principles Protect Regardless Rights Set Sex Should Status Stone

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The fact that slavery is written into the Constitution is about as entrenched a form of classism as you could possibly imagine.

~Beau Willimon

Topics: About Constitution Could Entrenched Fact Form Imagine Possibly Slavery Written You

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Amending the U.S. Constitution, the document most sacred to those who love freedom and liberty, is a delicate endeavor and should be done only on the basis of the most clear and convincing evidence that a proposed amendment is necessary.

~Ben Nelson

Topics: Amendment Basis Clear Constitution Convincing Delicate Document Done Endeavor Evidence Freedom Liberty Love Most Necessary Only Proposed Sacred Should Those U.s. Constitution Who

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I voted for the Defense of Marriage Act but I do not believe we should institutionalize a form of discrimination against any minority by amending the Constitution.

~Ben Nighthorse Campbell

Topics: Act Against Any Believe Constitution Defense Discrimination Form Marriage Minority Should Voted

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Selective Biblical quotation is a favorite of leftists who interpret the Bible the same way they do the Constitution: as a Chinese menu designed to allow picking and choosing. That's because when many Democrats take the Bible as a whole, they realize how much they despise it.

~Ben Shapiro

Topics: Allow Because Bible Chinese Choosing Constitution Democrats Designed Despise Favorite How How Much Interpret Many Menu Much Picking Quotation Realize Same Selective Take Way Who Whole

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Americans take justifiable pride in the freedoms given to them by nature or God and enshrined in the Constitution's Bill of Rights.

~Ben Shapiro

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