Isn't our choice really not one of left or right, but of up or down? Down through the welfare state to statism,… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
It's interesting that the greatest minds of computer science, the founding fathers, like Alan Turing and Claude Shannon and Norbert Wiener, they… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
The Founding Fathers knew a government can't control the economy without controlling people. And they knew when a government sets out to… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“On January 27, 1778, the -Articles of Confederation-, recently adopted by Congress, were debated here [Montague, Massachusetts]. It was 'voted to approve… — Edward Pearson Pressey Copy Share Image
Why did the Articles [of Confederation] fail so completely? Most historians believe the founding fathers spent a great deal of their first… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
And quit bringing up our forefathers and saying they were civil libertarians. Our founding fathers would have never tolerated any of this… — Dennis Miller Copy Share Image
When you work in the United States Senate, and you are around people of all different ideas and beliefs, you realize that… — Claire McCaskill Copy Share Image
But did the Founding Fathers ever intend for the federal government to involve itself in education, health care or retirement benefits? The… — Larry Elder Copy Share Image
“In this book the reader will find, I hope, an antidote for historical amnesia. To this day, the public remembers the Revolution… — Gary B. Nash Copy Share Image
“Authorities this broad give the national security bureaucracy the power to scrutinize the personal lives of every law-abiding American. Allowing that to… — Ron Wyden Copy Share Image
“We like to keep separate the evils of our national past from the sacredness of our ideals. That separation allows us to… — Eddie S. Glaude Jr Copy Share Image
“summary, I personally think that, as I said in The Blue Book of The John Birch Society, democracy is a weapon of… — Robert Welch Copy Share Image
“A lot of the nonsense was the innocent result of playfulness on the part of the founding fathers of the nation of… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I define the terms "founding fathers" and "founders" broadly to include an entire generation or two of Americans from many walks of… — Daniel L Dreisbach Copy Share Image
“It is interesting to note that under our original Constitution the highest office for which citizens could vote was their member of… — Neal Boortz Copy Share Image
I want to just take a moment to thank the Teabaggers. Thank you so much for helping us pass health care, for… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
One day the South will know that when these disinherited children of God sat down at lunch counters, they were in reality… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The prescience of the founding fathers continues to astonish me. They were freedom fighters. They made America. They gave us this magical… — Andy Dunn Copy Share Image
As Americans we place special emphasis on human dignity, justice and freedom. WE measure as good of bad that which meets these… — Henry Clausen Copy Share Image
“Our Founding Fathers, faced with perils we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Our founding fathers placed so much emphasis on nurturing a well-educated populace because they knew that our system of democracy could not… — Ben Carson Copy Share Image
The Founding Fathers envisioned a federal government that trusts its people with their money and freedom, outlining this limited, non-intrusive federal government… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
The first and foremost priority is to finish the unfinished task which the founding fathers of India set out for us at… — Manmohan Singh Copy Share Image
I do believe that it was through divine providence that the Founding Fathers drafted a document that created a government that didn't… — John Shimkus Copy Share Image
All the people constitute the militia - according to the Founding Fathers. Therefore every able-bodied man has a duty under the Constitution… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
Our Founding Fathers were the first to articulate the reasons for their First Amendment, the same reasons given by Learned Hand, and… — Gilbert S. Merritt, Jr Copy Share Image
“When the country’s founding fathers declared independence from Dutch colonists in 1945, the declaration read, in its entirety: ‘We, the people of… — Elizabeth Pisani Copy Share Image
“Many of the Founding Fathers themselves foresaw that their compromise with southern states was a poison pill that would eventually lead to… — Tom Reiss Copy Share Image
The simple fact is we do not live in a democracy. Certainly not the kind our Founding Fathers intended. We live in… — Steven Van Zandt Copy Share Image
There's not much a newspaper reporter can do about dead men. But a newspaper reporter and a cop and a judge can… — Charlie LeDuff Copy Share Image
The one thing our Founding Fathers could not foresee - they were farmers, professional men, businessmen giving of their time and effort… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The federal government is far larger than the Founding Fathers ever intended it to be. We have racked up over $16 trillion… — Matt Salmon Copy Share Image
My favorite Founding Fathers, Christians like John Adams, were absolutely appalled by slavery, and did not own slaves. I think we're going… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
“Between federal, state, local, sales, and real estate taxes, more than half of my income goes to pay taxes. Since that is… — Ben Carson Copy Share Image
A personal note to the Founding Fathers: We're sorry. We blew it. You made it possible for us to live free and… — Philip D. Murphy Copy Share Image
“John Adams, by then one of the country's founding fathers, wrote to a friend: "I know not why we should blush to… — Tom Standage Copy Share Image
[The founding fathers] believed that freedom of expression included religious views and beliefs, so long as the government did not force people… — John Cornyn Copy Share Image
Outlawing religion form the political arena is not what the Founding Fathers intended when they drafted the First Amendment. We do a… — Bill Bright Copy Share Image
The Founding Fathers did not believe the primary purpose of their guns was to hunt ducks, but to keep the government in… — John Coleman Copy Share Image
I am a Republican because I believe in the constitution, strength in national defense, limited government, individual freedom, and personal responsibility as… — Martha Raye Copy Share Image
![“On January 27, 1778, the -Articles of Confederation-, recently adopted by Congress, were debated here [Montague, Massachusetts]. It was 'voted to approve of the Articles, except the first clause,' giving Congress the power to declare peace and war. This it was resolved, 'belongs to the people.” quote by Edward Pearson Pressey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32c/edward-pearson-pressey-61813_american-revolution_on-january-27-1778-the-articles-of-confe_2695997.jpg)
![“Why did the Articles [of Confederation] fail so completely? Most historians believe the founding fathers spent a great deal of their first constitutional convention drafting the delaration of independence and only realized on July 3rd the Articles were also due.” quote by Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/546/jon-stewart-455_articles_why-did-the-articles-of-confederation-fa_2356951.jpg)
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