Founding Fathers Quotes

130 quotes by 104 authors

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
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
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
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
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
The government's only proper job is to protect individual rights against violence by force or fraud ... to protect men from foreign invaders ... to… — Ayn Rand
I favor free trade in drugs for the same reason the Founding Fathers favored free trade in ideas: in a free society it is none… — Thomas Szasz
The problem is that democracy is not freedom. Democracy is simply majoritarianism, which is inherently incompatible with real freedom. Our founding fathers clearly understood this. — Ron Paul
Just as the First and Fourth Amendment secure individual rights of speech and security respectively, the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and… — John Ashcroft
By calling attention to 'a well regulated militia,' 'the security of the nation,' and the right of each citizen 'to keep and bear arms,' our… — John F. Kennedy
A personal note to the Founding Fathers: We're sorry. We blew it. You made it possible for us to live free and we blew it.… — Philip D. Murphy
From the days of the Founding Fathers, right to this (2008) election, how and where America fights to defend its freedom, has been the ultimate… — Simon Schama
Every child in America who enters school at the age of five is mentally ill, because he comes to school with an allegiance toward our… — Chester Middlebrook Pierce

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