Bits Quote by Benjamin Carson

I thought the function of the government was to promote the general welfare, not to provide it.

— Ronald Reagan

The preamble to the Constitution states: "We, the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure…

— P. J. O'Rourke

The American people don't need to just hear about the importance of the Constitution or the Bible. They have to understand that those principles…

— James Robison

With respect to the words "general welfare," I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take…

— James Madison

I love the Constitution. But it's still a document, meant to protect human beings and ensure their life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

— S.E. Cupp

They took care to represent government as a thing made up of mysteries, which only themselves understood, and they hid from the understanding of…

— Thomas Paine

If the believers in liberty wish the principles of liberty taught, let them never intrust that instruction to any government; for the nature of…

— Voltairine de Cleyre

We need to put people on the bench that understand the Constitution is not a living and breathing document. It is to be interpreted…

— Marco Rubio

If we stuck to the Constitution as written, we would have: no federal meddling in our schools; no Federal Reserve; no U.S. membership in…

— Ron Paul

I consider it…as subverting the fundamental and characteristic principle of the Government…and as bidding defiance to the sense in which the Constitution is known…

— James Madison

But did the Founding Fathers ever intend for the federal government to involve itself in education, health care or retirement benefits? The answer, quite…

— Larry Elder

The public needs to know that any Government has a sense of purpose.

— Damian Green