Michael Portillo

Conservatives are wary of change. We have respect for things that have lasted a long time and have been proved to work. When things need changing, we should make the changes with respect to all the reasons why those things worked originally as well as the reasons why amendment is necessary.

British Journalist

Dianne Feinstein

For the life of me, I don't understand what honest motive there is in putting this in front of this body to philosophically debate marriage on a constitutional amendment that is not going to happen, and which is enormously divisive in all of our communities.

American Politician

Jacky Rosen

We're in the west, and we have a rich history of gun ownership and hunting, but people here across the state understand the difference between public safety and personal ownership and that we can have both if we protect the second amendment.

Jon Meacham

The traditional religious right's failure to restore public-school prayer or pass an antiabortion constitutional amendment has likely helped fuel the spread of the more extreme dominionist school.

American Editor

Henry Rollins

Of course same sex marriage is constitutional! The right to be yourself, to pursue life, liberty, and property, is protected several ways over several amendments. John Boehner should know this.

American Musician

Ed Smith

Segregation was a burden for many blacks, because the end of the civil war and the amendments added to the constitution elevated expectations beyond reality in some respects.

Steve Wozniak

But I know newspapers. They have the first amendment and they can tell any lie knowing it's a lie and they're protected if the person's famous or it's a company.

American Businessman

Betty Ford

I believe the equal rights amendment is a necessity of life for all citizens. The cabinet sometimes felt that I shouldn't be so outspoken.

American First Lady

Al Sharpton

We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution.

American Activist

Jim Justice

Our state supports personal freedom and we value the second amendment and the rights of the unborn.

Used in laws and official documents, 'amendment' suggests a formal change often following a set process.

Legal Context

'Amendment' often involves public debate and voting, especially when related to governmental or organizational policies.

Democratic Process

Amendments are made when updates are needed due to changes in society, technology, or knowledge.

Update Required

'Amendment' in agriculture specifically refers to enhancing soil, not changing plants directly.

Gardening Focus

Soil amendments are meant to provide better conditions for plants to grow, not to fix the plants themselves.

Improve Growth

Choosing the right amendment depends on knowing the current soil condition and what you want to achieve.

Choices Matter

 for the amendment of soil so vegetation can return, and for the thousands of other approaches used to promote the health of grasslands, peatlands, and all other ecosystems that are equally important for life on earth. Whether you want to support a wetland conservation project with huge carbon potential

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 limiting congressional terms, or even repealing the Second Amendment. While many enjoy strong support, their likelihood of passing is slim. Americans today are the most politically polarized since the Civil War, making it nearly impossible to reach a broad consensus.

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 to honor the suffragette movement. I remember back during the campaign where some Trump supporters wanted to actually get rid of the amendment that allowed us to vote as women. It was like, what? So I don't know if that's the right way to fight.

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 we don't erase the other one. Alongside that is an amendment, something that says, "This is where we were, but this is where we are right now." I figure if we can do that, then that will help us understand a little bit about where we're going.

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 did pass that marriage equality amendment, and in fact it was the first time that marriage equality was directly voted on and passed by the voters. African-Americans supported it at a higher level than had ever been recorded.

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 And if you had any doubt about the importance of getting politically active, we could also pass a constitutional amendment, what I call a gender equity amendment,