Age Quote by Bruce Fein

“If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be…

— James Madison

“If men were angels, no government would be necessary - James Madison”

— Steve Berry

If men were angels, no government would be necessary.

— James Madison

If men were angels, there would be no need of government.

— James Madison

“Its spirit was animated by the same love of representative government and respect for the rule of law that had produced England’s unwritten constitution…

— Paul Johnson

'The Founding Fathers established a nation under God; Ruled not by arbitrary decrees of Kings or whims, of entrenched elites but by the consent…

— Anonymous

“The democratic nations that have introduced freedom into their political constitution at the very time when they were augmenting the despotism of their administrative…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

Our founders recognized that 'men were not angels' and that checks and balances in government were critical to avoid threats to the rule of…

— Neal Katyal

“But what is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If…

— Mark R. Levin

“I have always thought that the notion of a Republic is a noble one, dating back to the glory days of Hellas, which all…

— Jacqueline Carey

“Our Founding Fathers, faced with perils we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man,…

— Barack Obama

“In a letter to soldiers in 1798, John Adams, a Founding Father and practicing Unitarian, remarked: We had no government armed with power capable…

— Rod Dreher