Bill Of Rights Quotes

A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference.

Can any of you seriously say the Bill of Rights could get through Congress today? It wouldn't even get out of committee.

The Bill of Rights was intended to secure freedom of speech - the freedom of speech of members of parliament to speak freely rather than be at threat of... the threat of an over powerful monarch at the time.

We have the Bill of Rights. What we need is a Bill of Responsibilities.

The Constitution remains brilliant in its overall design and sound with respect to the Bill of Rights and the separation of powers. But there are numerous archaic provisions that inhibit constructive change and adaptation. These constitutional bits affect the daily life of the republic and every citizen in it.