From Watergate we learned what generations before us have known; our Constitution works. And during Watergate years it was interpreted again so as to reaffirm that no one - absolutely no one - is above the law.

Quote by Leon Jaworski

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I would rather have a competent extremist than an incompetent moderate.

I would rather have a competent extremist than an incompetent moderate.

From Watergate we learned what generations before us have known; our Constitution works. And during...

From Watergate we learned what generations before us have known; our Constitution works. And during...

As a member of this court I am not justified in writing my private notions...

As a member of this court I am not justified in writing my private notions...

The United States has been declared under martial law...All constitutional rights have been suspended. Anyone...

The United States has been declared under martial law...All constitutional rights have been suspended. Anyone...

The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is...

The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is...

The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon

The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon

[I]f we and our posterity reject religious instruction and authority, violate the rules of eternal...

[I]f we and our posterity reject religious instruction and authority, violate the rules of eternal...

Don't begin to think you're the President. You're not. The Constitution provides for only one.

Don't begin to think you're the President. You're not. The Constitution provides for only one.

Health coverage for regular citizens isn't mandated by the Constitution, but we're obligated to provide...

Health coverage for regular citizens isn't mandated by the Constitution, but we're obligated to provide...

Common sense often makes good law.

Common sense often makes good law.

A Constitution should be short and obscure

A Constitution should be short and obscure

But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain -...

But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain -...

The Constitution does not grant rights, it recognizes them

The Constitution does not grant rights, it recognizes them

I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I...

I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I...

The People of Virginia declare and make known that the powers granted under the Constitution...

The People of Virginia declare and make known that the powers granted under the Constitution...

I will not lay down and put this narrow, stubborn agenda ahead of our families,...

I will not lay down and put this narrow, stubborn agenda ahead of our families,...

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the...

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the...

Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control...

Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control...

The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting...

The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting...

In the name of the constitution of Texas, which has been trampled upon, I refuse...

In the name of the constitution of Texas, which has been trampled upon, I refuse...