Partly because his life ended before the age of 50, Hamilton was defined by the other founding fathers, and he managed, with… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
The Founding Fathers realized that "the power to tax is the power to destroy," which is why they did not give the… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
The Constitution they wrote was designed to protect the rights of white, male citizens. As there were no black Founding Fathers, there… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
The people have a right, an indisputable, unalienable, indefeasible, divine right to that most dreaded and envied kind of knowledge - I… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Despite our founding principles and the many ways our constitution has protected individual liberties, we do, let's admit it, have a long… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
The property qualifications for federal office that the framers of the Constitution expressly chose to exclude for demonstrating an unseemly "veneration of… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
Corporations are a good thing. But corporations should not be running our government... They have driven the American economy since its founding,… — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Copy Share Image
Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by a difference of sentiments in religion appear to… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Never mind that from the 1600s until the late twentieth century the population the United States was 85% white, 12% black, and… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The idea of separating church and state by the Founding Fathers of America was freedom from the domination of one form of… — John Lennox Copy Share Image
In my view, far from deserving condemnation for their courageous reporting, the New York Times, the Washington Post and other newspapers should… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
Isn't my music the last of the real rhythm and blues? Isn't it great? It's because of my musicians, we were weaned… — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
The reality is that the founding fathers were land speculators. The fact was that you couldn't vote in this country if you… — Winona LaDuke Copy Share Image
The Founding Fathers and our fathers are rolling over in their graves as this great country voluntarily abandons its dreams of equal… — David Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Through centuries of struggle, Jews across the world have been witnesses not only against the crimes of men, but for faith in… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Lincoln was not an intellectual, but no one in 200 years understood the language of the King James Bible or learned Blackstone's… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
The Founders knew that a democracy would lead to some kind of tyranny. The term democracy appears in none of our Founding… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
It's the way our founding fathers would have wanted it, if they had founded corporations instead of just a country. — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
A judicial activist is a judge who interprets the Constitution to mean what it would have said if he, instead of the… — Sam Ervin Copy Share Image
Two hundred years ago, our Founding Fathers gave us a democracy. It was based upon the simple, yet noble, idea that government… — Paul Tsongas Copy Share Image
That said, there are a few clear factors that determine the potential of a university to reach the highest levels of excellence.… — Henry Rosovsky Copy Share Image
We have enshrined in our founding documents and promoted the fundamental truth, all around the world, that the rights of all men,… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
Theologians have felt no hesitation in founding a system of speculative thought on the teachings of Jesus; and yet Jesus was never… — Walter Rauschenbusch Copy Share Image
The fact is, almost every year since the founding of these United States, our government has lived beyond its means. — Paul Gillmor Copy Share Image
