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I want you teabaggers out there to understand one thing: while you idolize the Founding Fathers and dress up like them, and smell like them,… — Bill Maher
I want to just take a moment to thank the Teabaggers. Thank you so much for helping us pass health care, for resurrecting the Obama… — Bill Maher
America's founding fathers did not intend to take religion out of education. Many of the nation's greatest universities were founded by evangelists and religious leaders;… — Billy Graham
The Constitution they wrote was designed to protect the rights of white, male citizens. As there were no black Founding Fathers, there were no founding… — Shirley Chisholm
The European Union Treaty... within a few years will lead to the creation of what the founding fathers of modern Europe dreamed of after the… — Helmut Kohl
For as long as I can remember, I have been inspired by the achievement of our Founding Fathers. They set forth principles that have endured… — Sonia Sotomayor
That government is best which governs the least, so taught the courageous founders of this nation. This simple declaration is diametrically opposed to the all… — Ezra Taft Benson
All the people constitute the militia - according to the Founding Fathers. Therefore every able-bodied man has a duty under the Constitution to become part… — Jeff Cooper
The Founding Fathers did not believe the primary purpose of their guns was to hunt ducks, but to keep the government in line within the… — John Coleman
One day the South will know that when these disinherited children of God sat down at lunch counters they were in reality standing up for… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
For the freedoms our founding fathers not only dreamed about, but made into reality. It is that same pursuit of freedom today that is helping… — John M. McHugh
The one thing our Founding Fathers could not foresee - they were farmers, professional men, businessmen giving of their time and effort to an idea… — Ronald Reagan
For as long as (the Founding Fathers of this nation) lived and led, they acknowledged the hand of the Almighty in the affairs of this… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Uncritical reverence for the Founding Fathers was less ubiquitous while they actually lived. . . . "The Reign of Terror that raged in America during… — Thomas Paine
The founding fathers, in their wisdom, devised a method by which our republic can take one hundred of its most prominent numbskulls and keep them… — P.J. O'Rourke
In my view, far from deserving condemnation for their courageous reporting, the New York Times, the Washington Post and other newspapers should be commended for… — Hugo Black
Hey, our Founding Fathers wore long hair and powdered wigs - I don't see anybody trying to look like them today, either... But we do… — Leigh Steinberg
In view of the tide of religiosity engulfing a once secular republic it is refreshing to be reminded by Freethinkers that free thought and skepticism… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Our founding fathers started this country and built it on God and His Word, and this country sure would be a better place to live… — Phil Robertson
I see happiness as a by-product. I don't think you can pursue happiness. I think that phrase is one of the very few mistakes the… — James Hillman
I rise in support of the separation of powers as established by our Founding Fathers in the Constitution. The Constitution clearly delegates the power to… — Dana Rohrabacher
This view of the text comports with the all but unanimous understanding of the Founding Fathers.... — John Ashcroft
My answer to the racial problem in America is to not deal with it at all. The founding fathers dealt with it when they made… — James Meredith
The land on which they (the Founding Fathers) formed this Union was stolen. The hands with which they built this nation were enslaved. The women… — Melissa Harris-Perry
Founders v. Bush brings the wisdom and eloquence of the Founding Fathers back to the people, while unmasking the fraudulent PR machine that is corrupting… — Jim Hightower

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