Constitutional Convention Quotes

25 Constitutional Convention quotes by 12 unique authors

Outside Independence Hall when the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ended, Mrs. Powel of Philadelphia asked Benjamin Franklin, "Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic… — Benjamin Franklin
The United States Constitutional Convention, except for three or four persons, thought prayers unnecessary. — Benjamin Franklin
A lady asked Dr. Franklin Well Doctor what have we got a republic or a monarchy - "A republic," replied the Doctor, "if you can… — Benjamin Franklin
You give me a credit to which I have no claim in calling me "the writer of the Constitution of the United States." This was… — James Madison
Whatever may be the judgement pronounced on the competency of the architects of the Constitution, or whatever may be the destiny of the edifice prepared… — James Madison
The example of changing a constitution by assembling the wise men of the state, instead of assembling armies, will be worth as much to the… — Thomas Jefferson
It appears to me, then, little short of a miracle, that the Delegates from so many different States . . . should unite in forming… — George Washington
No morn ever dawned more favorable than ours did; and no day was every more clouded than the present! Wisdom, and good examples are necessary… — George Washington
Jealousy, and local policy mix too much in all our public councils for the good government of the Union. In a words, the confederation appears… — George Washington
It is too probable that no plan we propose will be adopted. Perhaps another dreadful conflict is to be sustained. If, to please the people,… — George Washington
Whilst the last members were signing it Doctr. Franklin looking towards the Presidents chair, at the back of which a rising sun happened to be… — James Madison
'Tis done. We have become a nation. — Benjamin Rush
It would have marked a want of foresight in the convention, which our own experience would have rendered inexcusable. — James Madison
[The Federal Convention] is really an assembly of demigods. — Thomas Jefferson
[M]y wish is, that the Convention may adopt no temporizing expedient, but probe the defects of the Constitution [i.e., the Articles of Confederation] to the… — George Washington
The business being thus closed . . . dined together and took a cordial leave of each other After which I returned to my lodgings,… — George Washington
The great objects which presented themselves [to the Constitutional Convention] ... formed a task more difficult than can be well conceived by those who were… — James Madison
Presented memorial to [Constitutional Convention] committee on sufferage. Was very courteously treated. We all felt it a great day in the history of Utah. The… — Unknown Author
There was not a member of the Constitutional Convention who had the least objection to what is contended for by the advocates for a Bill… — George Washington
[O]ur sages in the great [constitutional] convention... intended our government should be a republic which differs more widely from a democracy than a democracy from… — Fisher Ames
There may have been somewhere, as a few eighteenth-century philosophers dreamed, a group of peaceful men who got together one evening after work and drew… — Henry Hazlitt
If we really want to make progress and achieve greater fairness as a society, it is time for elemental change. And we should start by… — Larry Sabato
When a Cabinet Minister who is sacked for telling lies is re-appointed, in the face of every constitutional convention, only for the same man to… — William Hague
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… — Jon Stewart
Naturalization is the process by which a citizen, or subject of a foreign nation or kingdom, is made a citizen of the United States. It… — Samuel Freeman Miller

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