American founding fathers Quote by Condoleezza Rice

There is every reason to believe that our system will soon attain the highest degree of perfection of which human institutions are capable.

— James Monroe

The fate of America cannot depend on any one man. The greatness of America is grounded in principles and not on any single personality.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

We are not to expect perfection in this world; but mankind, in modern times, have apparently made some progress in the science of government.

— George Washington

Institutions are imperfect. Governments surely are. People are.

— Chuck Hagel

America is fundamentally exceptional. No one in the history of the world had ever done anything to compare with what the Founders did, creating…

— Eric Metaxas

Perfection spawns doctrines, dictators and totalitarian ideas.

— Antonio Tabucchi

“The study of human institutions is always a search for the most tolerable imperfections.”

— Richard Allen Epstein

This nation was conceived in liberty and dedicated to the principle - among others - that honest men may honestly disagree; that if they…

— Elmer Davis

I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we've struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our…

— Barack Obama

The Founding Fathers set up a system that heavily relied upon self-reliance and competition, with only a small dose of government intrusion.

— Bill O'Reilly

“when the country began, the Founders were unanimously of the opinion that their creation could work in practice only because of qualities that already…

— Charles Murray

Our Founding Fathers understood that our country would survive and flourish if our Nation was committed to good character and an unyielding dedication to…

— George W. Bush