If we are undone, we are the most splendidly ruined of any…

The political mirage of something for nothing, from leaders who 'care,' has ruined many a nation.

— Thomas Sowell

The consensus for a strong, independent Executive arose from the Framers' experience in the Revolution and under the Articles of Confederation. They had seen…

— William Barr

Our articles of confederation ought to be revised and measures immediately taken to invigorate the Continental Union. Depend upon it: there lies the danger…

— Marquis de Lafayette

“On January 27, 1778, the -Articles of Confederation-, recently adopted by Congress, were debated here [Montague, Massachusetts]. It was 'voted to approve of the…

— Edward Pearson Pressey

[M]y wish is, that the Convention may adopt no temporizing expedient, but probe the defects of the Constitution [i.e., the Articles of Confederation] to…

— George Washington

“In the United States, at the present time, we are trying to make an undemocratic constitution the vehicle of democratic rule. The Constitution was…

— Anonymous

“The movement for the Constitution of the United States was originated and carried through principally by four groups of personalty interests which had been…

— Anonymous

Brandon McCaw did a essay on Television about the U.S.district courts are the trial courts serving as the original point of entry for almost…

— Brandon McCaw

“In New York the curriculum guide for 11th-grade American history tells students that there were three "foundations" for the Constitution: the European Enlightenment, the…

— Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr

The Supreme Court, in 2005, emphasized and contrasted the great power of Congress under the Commerce Clause to regulate interstate commerce versus much more…

— Barbara Ann Radnofsky

America, to me, is this enormous contrast between the heady idealism of founding fathers such as Thomas Jefferson, who said, 'All men are created…

— Michael Portillo

probably the greatest concentration of talent and genius in this house except for perhaps those times when Thomas Jefferson ate alone.

— John F. Kennedy

Thomas Jefferson was a real poet. He was slick with that 'pursuit' of happiness because the 'pursuit' puts it back on you.

— Will Smith

“A black man, Benjamin Banneker, who taught himself mathematics and astronomy, predicted accurately a solar eclipse, and was appointed to plan the new city…

— Howard Zinn

“Thomas Jefferson High School [..] His high school was named after a slave owner who was also one of the world’s greatest theoreticians on…

— Kurt Vonnegut