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title: "23 Framers Constitution Quotes by 17 authors"
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> [...the framers of our Constitution never exhausted so much labor, wisdom and forbearance in its formation if it was intended to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-lee/the-framers-of-our-constitution-never-exhausted-so-much-labor-wisdom/)

[Robert E. Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-lee/)

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> [The very inclusion of the right to keep and bear arms in the Bill of Rights shows that the framers of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-ray-cummings/the-very-inclusion-of-the-right-to-keep-and-bear-arms-in-the-bill-of/)

[Samuel Ray Cummings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-ray-cummings/)

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> [The framers of our Constitution meant we were to have freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-graham/the-framers-of-our-constitution-meant-we-were-to-have-freedom-of/)

[Billy Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-graham/)

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> [The framers of the Constitution were so clear in the federalist papers and elsewhere that they felt an independent judiciary was critical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-day-o-connor/the-framers-of-the-constitution-were-so-clear-in-the-federalist/)

[Sandra Day O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-day-o-connor/)

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> [The Framers of the Constitution knew that free speech is the friend of change and revolution. But they also knew that it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-black/the-framers-of-the-constitution-knew-that-free-speech-is-the-friend/)

[Hugo Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-black/)

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> [The Framers of the Constitution wisely understood that constitutional principles must not be sacrificed on the altar of political appeasement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-baucus/the-framers-of-the-constitution-wisely-understood-that-constitutional/)

[Max Baucus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-baucus/)

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> [ The Framers \[of the Constitution\] . . . created the federally protected right of silence and decreed that the law could not… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-o-douglas/the-framers-of-the-constitution-created-the-federally-protected-right/)

[William O. Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-o-douglas/)

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> [I sort of thought the framers of the Constitution were talking about the rights of individuals, not corporate entities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-day-o-connor/i-sort-of-thought-the-framers-of-the-constitution-were-talking-about/)

[Sandra Day O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-day-o-connor/)

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> [Let us face reality. The framers (of the Constitution) have simply been too shrewd for us. They have outwitted us. They designed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-macgregor-burns/let-us-face-reality-the-framers-of-the-constitution-have-simply-been/)

[James MacGregor Burns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-macgregor-burns/)

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> [I believe that the Framers of the Constitution made their intent clear when they wrote the First Amendment. I believe they wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-rahall/i-believe-that-the-framers-of-the-constitution-made-their-intent/)

[Nick Rahall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-rahall/)

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> [The framers of the constitution knew human nature as well as we do. They too had lived in dangerous days; they too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-o-douglas/the-framers-of-the-constitution-knew-human-nature-as-well-as-we-do/)

[William O. Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-o-douglas/)

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> [My political curiosity, exclusive of my anxious solicitude for the public welfare, leads me to ask who authorized them (the framers of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/my-political-curiosity-exclusive-of-my-anxious-solicitude-for-the/)

[Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/)

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> [The property qualifications for federal office that the framers of the Constitution expressly chose to exclude for demonstrating an unseemly "veneration of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-moyers/the-property-qualifications-for-federal-office-that-the-framers-of/)

[Bill Moyers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-moyers/)

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> [“The framers of the constitution knew human nature as well as we do. They too had lived in dangerous days; they too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-o-douglas/the-framers-of-the-constitution-knew-human-nature-as-well-as-we-do-2/)

[William O. Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-o-douglas/)

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> [The framers of the constitution employed words in their natural sense; and, where they are plain and clear, resort to collateral aids…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melville-fuller/the-framers-of-the-constitution-employed-words-in-their-natural-sense/)

[Melville Fuller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melville-fuller/)

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> [What the framers of the Constitution tried to achieve when they wrote that Constitution back in the 1700s was an independent federal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-day-o-connor/what-the-framers-of-the-constitution-tried-to-achieve-when-they-wrote/)

[Sandra Day O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-day-o-connor/)

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> [Make no mistake, abortion-on-demand is not a right granted by the Constitution. No serious scholar, including one disposed to agree with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ronald-reagan/make-no-mistake-abortion-on-demand-is-not-a-right-granted-by-the/)

[Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ronald-reagan/)

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> [The Framers of the Constitution expected the presidency to be occupied by special individuals, selfless people of the highest character and ability.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-t-conway-iii/the-framers-of-the-constitution-expected-the-presidency-to-be/)

[George T. Conway III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-t-conway-iii/)

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> [The framers of our Constitution never exhausted so much labor, wisdom, and forbearance in its formation, and surrounded it with so many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-e-lee/the-framers-of-our-constitution-never-exhausted-so-much-labor-wisdom-2/)

[Robert E. Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-e-lee/)

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> [Apparently a great many people have forgotten that the framers of our Constitution went to such great effort to create an independent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-day-o-connor/apparently-a-great-many-people-have-forgotten-that-the-framers-of-our/)

[Sandra Day O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-day-o-connor/)

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> [“The framers of the Constitution, dealing with slavery as an incidental but troublesome circumstance, ended by extending it a kind of shamefaced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-e-fehrenbacher/the-framers-of-the-constitution-dealing-with-slavery-as-an-incidental/)

[Don E. Fehrenbacher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-e-fehrenbacher/)

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> [If our free society is to endure, and I know it will, those who govern must recognize that the Framers of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-brennan/if-our-free-society-is-to-endure-and-i-know-it-will-those-who-govern/)

[William J. Brennan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-j-brennan/)

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> [“nation and the Framers of the Constitution. They were sufficiently worried about corporate power that they didn’t even include in the Constitution…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thom-hartmann/nation-and-the-framers-of-the-constitution-they-were-sufficiently/)

[Thom Hartmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thom-hartmann/)

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