Quotes about Constitutional Authority

To consider judges as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions is a very dangerous doctrine indeed, and one which would place us under the despotism of an oligarchy.

The President may have a great many powers given to him by the Constitution and may have certain powers under certain laws which are given to him by the Congress of the United States; but the principal power that the President had is to bring people in and try to persuade them to do what they ought to do without persuasion.

The government is everywhere sovereign in the state, and the constitution is in fact the government.

It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government that the entire executive power is vested in the President of the United States.