Our Founding Quotes
77 quotes by 59 authors
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Islam has always been a part of America's story...and since our founding, American Muslims have enriched the United States.
— Barack Obama
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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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The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of these United States are covenants we have made not only with ourselves, but with all mankind. Our…
— Ronald Reagan
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Think of all that hard work our founding fathers put in - the revolutionizing, the three-fifths compromising, having to write the entire Constitution with a…
— Mo Rocca
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The notion of a rigid separation between church and state has no basis in either the text of the Constitution or the writings of our…
— Ron Paul
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Our enemies send other people's children on missions of suicide and murder. They embrace tyranny and death as a cause and a creed. We stand…
— George W. Bush
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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
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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
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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
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For we have always understood that when times change, so must we, that fidelity to our founding principles requires new responses to new challenges, that…
— Barack Obama
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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
Who Wrote These Our Founding Quotes
59 authors contributed a total of 77 Our Founding Quotes, led by these top contributors: