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Constitutional Duty Quotes

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"The moment any actor in the government believes within their own person that a president engaged in an insurrection against the United States, they are duty bound constitutionally to defy all orders."
"Choosing someone to serve on the United States Supreme Court is one of the most serious constitutional responsibilities a president has."
"My oath is to the Constitution. This isn't a popularity contest."
"No one is above the law. We have a constitutional responsibility and we need to meet it." - Elizabeth Warren
"If you talk to law enforcement, the FBI was simply doing its job upholding the Constitution."
"It's about January 20th, 2017. I put my left hand on Ronald Reagan's Bible, I raised my right hand and I took an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, and it ended with a prayer. So help me God."
"Our nation is preserved by those who abide by their oath to the Constitution."
"Congress needs to follow its constitutional responsibilities and, you know, pick up the Mueller Report, hold hearings on it and follow that path wherever it legitimately leads."
"We have to do everything within our power to uphold the Constitution, protect the rule of law, and protect our democracy and each person's right to vote."
"It's beyond rare. The 1922 High Relief peace dollar is one of the rarest coins in American history."
"It is our duty to get the constitution right."
"I am driven by a commitment to truth and transparency rooted in our inherent duty to uphold the United States Constitution and protect the American people."
"I THINK YOU HAVE TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT EVERYBODY HAS AN OBLIGATION TO DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION, THE OBLIGATION TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT."
"Congress has never flinched from its constitutional duty."
"Preserving, protecting, and defending the constitution should be the most unifying factor in American politics."
"This vote is not about timing. It is about principle and fidelity to our constitution. It concerns the clear and present danger facing our country."
"What I'm fighting for is the Constitution, what I'm fighting for is the perpetuation of the republic."
"Our job right now under the Constitution is to continue to do oversight, continue to get the facts, continue to get the evidence."
"The United States Senate, every one of those senators still took an oath to defend the Constitution."
"I will not waver from my constitutional and sworn obligations to administer the trial with fairness in accordance with the constitution and the laws."
"Congress must assert its role and Democrats must do their constitutional duties."
"I will never put party above my duty to the country. I will never put party above my duty of the Constitution."
"I know by God's grace I did exactly what the Constitution the United States required of me that day."
"Your job is to uphold the Constitution, and if you think these laws violate the Constitution, then you should not defend them."
"The President of the United States represents not only the people living in the United States today, he represents the Constitution of the United States, he represents the American mission, he represents liberty."
"I took an oath... to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic."
"We take an oath to protect and defend the Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic."
"Every branch has the responsibility to uphold the Constitution."
"A day of tragedy became a Triumph of freedom, and I'll always believe that by God's grace I did my duty that day under the Constitution of the United States of America and our institutions held." - Mike Pence
"It is constitutionally our duty to do oversight on an administration that is the most corrupt, divisive, deceitful, cruel administration that I've ever seen in my lifetime."
"I think they have to act both morally and for the sake of our Constitution."
"The Constitution gives the responsibility of counting the ballots to the vice president of the United States, Vice President Mike Pence, and to both houses of Congress."
"We're going to keep our eyes on the law and we're going to follow the law and follow the Constitution and let politics do what it may."
"You took an oath to protect the Constitution."
"We will not surrender our constitutional responsibility for oversight. That would make us delinquent in our duties."
"The court has abrogated its constitutional responsibility to ensure that each defendant receives a fair trial."
"It is incumbent upon us in this moment to make sure that the Constitution is abided by and our democracy is preserved."
"Be activists when the constitution demands that they protect rights and to be restrained when the constitution calls upon you to do so."
"If he's supposed to be upholding the Constitution, but he also has a conflict over here... I can't see that as anything else other than a conflict."
"Our job is to carry out our role under the Constitution, to interpret the Constitution and laws according to the rule of law."
"He will continue to carry out his constitutional duties."
"We had a broad mandate given us by the Constitution itself: what we could do, should do, must do, perfect a society, take it seriously."
"I take very seriously my constitutional obligations and responsibilities."
"It is an imperative that this country's federal government, who has a constitutional obligation to secure the border of the United States, do so."
"You're supposed to uphold the Constitution you swore to protect."
"The duties of an elector... are prescribed by the Constitution of the United States."