Outside Independence Hall when the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ended — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I am exceedingly distressed at the proceedings of the Convention-being ... almost sure, they will ... lay the foundation of a Civil War. — Elbridge Gerry Copy Share Image
The United States Constitutional Convention, except for three or four persons, thought prayers unnecessary. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
A lady asked Dr. Franklin Well Doctor what have we got a republic or a monarchy - "A republic," replied the Doctor,… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
No morn ever dawned more favorable than ours did; and no day was every more clouded than the present! Wisdom, and good… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I consider the difference between a system founded on the legislatures only, and one founded on the people, to be the true… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The deliberate union of so great and various a people in such a place, is without all partiality or prejudice, if not… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“...[at the Constitutional Convention] the States were divided into different interests not by their difference of size, but principally from their having… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Jealousy, and local policy mix too much in all our public councils for the good government of the Union. In a words,… — George Washington Copy Share Image
It appears to me, then, little short of a miracle, that the Delegates from so many different States . . . should… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Presented memorial to [Constitutional Convention] committee on sufferage. Was very courteously treated. We all felt it a great day in the history… — Ruth May Fox Copy Share Image
My political curiosity, exclusive of my anxious solicitude for the public welfare, leads me to ask who authorized them (the framers of… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
The example of changing a constitution by assembling the wise men of the state, instead of assembling armies, will be worth as… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Whatever may be the judgement pronounced on the competency of the architects of the Constitution, or whatever may be the destiny of… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I firmly believe this ... that without His concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better, than the builders… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The business being thus closed . . . dined together and took a cordial leave of each other After which I returned… — George Washington Copy Share Image
History of America, Part I (1776-1966): Declaration of Independence, Constitutional Convention, Louisiana Purchase, Civil War, Reconstruction, World War I, Great Depression, New… — Norman Chad Copy Share Image
[James] Madison pointed out in the discussion of the constitutional debates - the constitutional convention - that democracy would be a danger.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
To get that word, male, out of the Constitution, cost the women of this country fifty-two years of pauseless campaign; 56 state… — Carrie Chapman Catt Copy Share Image
In time of actual war, great discretionary powers are constantly given to the Executive Magistrate. Constant apprehension of War, has the same… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“the list of delegates who attended the WASHINGTON AND HIS GROUP. 51 constitutional convention. Most of them were lawyers. Fourteen were land… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Treason the only crime defined in the Constitution. Tyranny as under the Stuart and Tudor kings characterized by the elimination of political… — E.L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
“ Alexander Hamilton Junior High School -- SEMESTER REPORT -- STUDENT: Joseph Margolis TEACHER: Janet Hicks ENGLISH: A, ARITHMETIC: A, SOCIAL STUDIES:… — Steve Kluger Copy Share Image
“Why was it sensible for Americans to transubstantiate a convention into the virtual embodiment of the People? After all, as with an… — Akhil Reed Amar Copy Share Image
“By their actions, the Founding Fathers made clear that their primary concern was religious freedom, not the advancement of a state religion.… — Franklin T. Lambert Copy Share Image
“On the first day of the meeting that would become known as the United States Constitutional Convention, Edmund Randolph of Virginia kicked… — William Hogeland Copy Share Image
“During observance of the bicentennial of the Constitution in 1987, Justice Thurgood Marshall made a public attack upon the celebration in which… — Don E. Fehrenbacher Copy Share Image
“Pissed off by the lies, misrepresentations, and outright horseshit, I decided it was time to strike back. It was time to reclaim… — Ed Asner Copy Share Image
I therefore beg leave to move that henceforth prayers imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessing on our deliberations, be held… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“In framing that great document which Gladstone declared ‘the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
It is too probable that no plan we propose will be adopted. Perhaps another dreadful conflict is to be sustained. If, to… — George Washington Copy Share Image
If you look at the minutes of the constitutional convention - which we have - Madison who was the main framer, proceeded… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Naturalization is the process by which a citizen, or subject of a foreign nation or kingdom, is made a citizen of the… — Samuel Freeman Miller Copy Share Image
[O]ur sages in the great [constitutional] convention... intended our government should be a republic which differs more widely from a democracy than… — Fisher Ames Copy Share Image
We have no functioning parliament in Egypt and months ago Mohammed Morsi assumed legislative functions. Now he's decided that there should be… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
“The delegates to the Constitutional Convention were adamant that impeachment not reach to errors of judgment, or what Edmund Randolph described as… — Andrew McCarthy Copy Share Image
A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty. — James Madison Copy Share Image
The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge right or make good decision. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
It would have marked a want of foresight in the convention, which our own experience would have rendered inexcusable. — James Madison Copy Share Image
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![“[James] Madison pointed out in the discussion of the constitutional debates - the constitutional convention - that democracy would be a danger. He used England of course as the model and said suppose that in England everyone had the free right to vote; the poor, the propertyless - who are the…” quote by Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/069/noam-chomsky-42_constitutional-conve_james-madison-pointed-out-in-the-discuss_22456.jpg)
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