Famous quotes containing the words constitution, fundamental, liberties and/or article:
“A Constitution should be short and obscure.”
—Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821)
“The fundamental steps of expansion that will open a person, over time, to the full flowering of his or her individuality are the same for both genders. But men and women are rarely in the same place struggling with the same questions at the same age.”
—Gail Sheehy (20th century)
“We Americans are the peculiar, chosen people—the Israel of our time; we bear the ark of the liberties of the world.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“As compared with the college politician, the real article seems like an amateur.”
—Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)