The only way to create a foundational document that could stand the test of time was to build in enough flexibility that later generations would be able to adapt it to their own needs and uses.

The only way to create a foundational document that could stand the test of time was to build in enough flexibility that later generations would be able to adapt it to their own needs and uses.

There is no more reason to think that they expected the world to remain static than there is to think that any of us holds a crystal ball. The only way to create a foundational document that could stand the test of time was to build in enough flexibility that later generations would be able to adapt it to their own needs and uses.

It is time... to end the long-standing and unproductive methodological debate over 'originalism' versus 'dynamism' or 'evolution' and focus instead on how, as a substantive matter, we should interpret the Constitution in the twenty-first century, and what it has to say on questions unimaginable to our eighteenth-century Framers.

Neither James Madison, for whom this lecture is named, nor any of the other Framers of the Constitution, were oblivious, careless, or otherwise unaware of the words they chose for the document and its Bill of Rights.

The only way to create a foundational document that could stand the test of time was to build in enough flexibility that later generations would be able to adapt it to their own needs and uses.

It's just so much fun to make up characters, situations, and everything else about a story. I have so much freedom and flexibility to do whatever I want.

A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement.

In the 21st century when few of us stay in the same job all our lives, I would like to think there was flexibility so teachers could become social workers, or foster carers become teachers.

Players have a great deal of flexibility when conducting diplomatic relations with their allies.

I love working with the quartet. I have more freedom and flexibility.

There is no more reason to think that they expected the world to remain static than there is to think that any of us holds a crystal ball. The only way to create a foundational document that could stand the test of time was to build in enough flexibility that later generations would be able to adapt it to their own needs and uses.

The boldness of asking deep questions may require unforeseen flexibility if we are to accept the answers.

I had temping jobs also. I liked the flexibility. There was no asking for time off; you just didn't work.

We're in danger of breaking our army and preventing our national leaders from having the flexibility to confront not just Iraq and Afghanistan, but crises around the globe.

Our volunteer fire departments know their needs better than Washington, D.C. They need more flexibility on spending grant money from FEMA and Homeland Security.

If you think aficionados of a living Constitution want to bring you flexibility, think again. You think the death penalty is a good idea? Persuade your fellow citizens to adopt it. You want a right to abortion? Persuade your fellow citizens and enact it. That's flexibility.

U.S. assistance provides the Jordanian government needed flexibility to pursue policies that are of critical importance to U.S. national security and to foreign policy objectives in the Middle East.

Defenders of the status quo will argue that this system has served us well over the centuries, that our parliamentary traditions have combined stability and flexibility and that we should not cast away in a minute what has taken generations to build.

Most families need both parents to work. Moms need to be able to work and earn fair pay and have the flexibility in their jobs to also be primary caretakers.

Air power is indivisible. If you split it up into compartments, you merely pull it to pieces and destroy its greatest asset, its flexibility.

When writing isn't going well-then the bad thing about being a writer is that I also have the freedom and flexibility to do something badly, and no one else can fix it for me.

Let no one think that flexibility and a predisposition to compromise is a sign of weakness or a sell-out.

We are hopeful that the North Koreans can show a little bit more realism, a little bit more flexibility.

I am positive that flexibility is a feminine characteristic.

The future of healthcare security should include flexibility from the federal government to allow us to serve the state's most vulnerable citizens.

The big difference is the size of the crew and the flexibility of shooting because of the size. I mean, it's crazy. So you can't improvise, you cannot suddenly do something that comes to mind, whereas in a small production you have much more flexibility.

Focus on your problem zones, your strength, your energy, your flexibility and all the rest. Maybe your chest is flabby or your hips or waist need toning. Also, you should change your program every thirty days. That's the key.

Of all the lessons most relevant to architecture today, Japanese flexibility is the greatest.

However, it required some years before the scientific community in general accepted that flexibility and disorder are very relevant molecular properties also in other systems.

A lot of the people of the Midwest came from the Northeast. We're of the same stock. Yet something must have happened when we crossed the Ohio River Valley because I have sensed that there's more of an openness and flexibility of spirit out West.

Executives need ample flexibility to respond to the market. That means both reducing costs and increasing innovation.

Expanding a failing, big-government program that reduces flexibility for the states and traps generations of Americans in dependency is not consistent with the kind of conservative solutions that Reagan sought during his terms as governor of California and president of the United States.

Flexibility has become a modern day value that everyone wants. But flexibility comes with a cost.

Golf is flexibility, and I notice more guys injured. You can overdo this conditioning.

Hamstring flexibility and hip mobility for me are the two most important factors on the field.

Israel's flexibility is dependent on its sense of security.

Only electricity can give the transport sector the flexibility to switch fuels when one or more become too expensive.

The certainty with which Cameron informed MPs and Shadow ministers of the specifics of a Labour offer that never actually existed suggests a degree of flexibility with the truth.

There should be a flexibility on ticket prices in multiplexes.

Two things I'm trying to work on are openness and flexibility.

What we need is much more flexibility for the labour markets.

You must always be able to predict what's next and then have the flexibility to evolve.

You want a place where you can say that this is your show that you invested in with other actors, but there's also that flexibility of being a recurring actor.

We believe that peace is not just signed papers, but rather a contract between generations for the building of a more promising and less threatening future.

I have two children. I have a daughter 29, and a daughter four. They are 25 years apart, so you speak about generations and I must tell you, I have a philosophy and that is every 25 years I'm going to sire another child.

Whether they run a record company or a grocery store, every boss will tell you you're in big trouble if you're borrowing more than you can ever afford to pay back. Delaying the pain for future generations is suicidal. We've got to start getting the deficit down right now, not next year.

Ensuring quality higher education is one of the most important things we can do for future generations.

The principle goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done.