It's just a piece of paper

I missed this. A couple of weeks ago, President Bush allegedly lost his temper in the Oval Office and said, in response to the suggestion that there was a valid case to be made that some of the provisions in the Patriot act undermine the US Constitution,

"Stop throwing the Constitution in my face. It’s just a goddamned piece of paper."

I can certainly imagine presidents getting frustrated with constitutional constraints but I can't imagine many of his predecessors expressing a similar sentiment. The president does, after all, at his/her inauguration, swear faithfully to uphold the constitution.