"Now the nation no longer lacks what it has long needed, a slender book that lucidly explains the intensity of conservatism's disagreements with progressivism. For the many Americans who are puzzled and dismayed by the heatedness of political argument today, the message of Timothy Sandefur's 'The Conscience of the Constitution: The Declaration of Independence and the Right to Liberty' is this: The temperature of today's politics is commensurate to the stakes of today's argument."

– George F. Will, Washington Post, The Washington Post

“Expertly combining law, history, and political philosophy, Timothy Sandefur offers both a powerful defense of the Constitution and a winning case for why the Supreme Court is duty-bound to protect a wide range of individual rights from the grasp of overreaching majorities.”

– Damon Root, Reason Magazine

“This is an excellent book. I was just going to write it myself.... This book should be in everyone's library.”

– Hadley Arkes, Amherst College

"'The Conscience of the Constitution' posits a role for the Fourteenth Amendment in protecting natural rights from abuse at both the federal and state level. It is a great defense of individual liberty."

– Sen. Rand Paul