Founding Quotes

258 quotes by 200 authors

Don't tire yourself more than need be, even at the price of founding a culture on the fatigue of your bones. — Antonin Artaud
Government is necessary for our survival. We need government in order to survive. The Founding Fathers created a special place for government. It is called… — Michael Badnarik
Baseball may be our national pastime, but the age-old tradition of taking a swing at Congress is a sport with even deeper historical roots in… — Evan Bayh
You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about… — Charles A. Beard
The vision that the founding fathers had of rule of law and equality before the law and no one above the law, that is a… — James Bovard
What's breaking into a bank compared with founding a bank? — Bertolt Brecht
What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank? — Bertolt Brecht
Here's a nation, one of the founding pillars was freedom of speech and freedom of expression. And yet, we have imposed upon people restrictions on… — Benjamin Carson
The founding fathers were not only brilliant, they were system builders and systematic thinkers. They came up with comprehensive plans and visions. — Ron Chernow
I believe we have become paralyzed, paralyzed by our desire to be loved. Now our founding fathers had the wisdom to know that social acceptance… — Chris Christie
And truly, when you look at the Constitution and our founding fathers and their writings, the things that made this country great, you might draw… — Sharron Angle
A family from Mexico who arrived here this morning, legally, has as much right to the American dream as the direct descendants of the founding… — Bob Dole
A good place to start is with the kids ... One of the great founding principles of our country was that children would not be… — Eric Cantor
And quit bringing up our forefathers and saying they were civil libertarians. Our founding fathers would have never tolerated any of this crap. For God's… — Dennis Miller
Go back to what our founders and our founding documents meant - they're quite clear - that we would create law based on the God… — Sarah Palin
Without God there could be no American form of government, nor an American way of life. Recognition of the Supreme Being is the first, the… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
The Bible and its teachings helped form the basis for the Founding Fathers' abiding belief in the inalienable rights of the individual, rights which they… — Ronald Reagan
When our Founding Fathers passed the First Amendment, they sought to protect churches from government interference. They never intended to construct a wall of hostility… — Ronald Reagan
Our Founding Fathers never meant for Washington, D.C. to be the fount of all wisdom. As a matter of fact they were very much afraid… — Rick Perry
While we have come a long way since the Stonewall riots in 1969, we still have a lot of work to do. Too often, the… — Barack Obama

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