America Quote by David Barton Download Open image “Only majorities can expand political rights in America's constitutional society.” — David Barton ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare America Majority Political Political rights Politics Rights Rights in america
Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
The essence of constitutionalism in a democracy is not merely to shape and condition the nature of majorities, but also to stipulate that certain… — George Will Copy Share Image
Unalienable rights are essential limitations to all governments. — Francis Hutcheson Copy Share Image
It is commonly believed that the rights of the American people come from the Constitution. Nothing could be further from the truth. — Jacob G. Hornberger Copy Share Image
Our government does not exist to decide the rights, nor to grant them. Our government exists to protect them. And that is why we… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
No matter how many pro-freedom politicians we elect to office, the only way to guarantee constitutional government is through an educated and activist public… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
All constitutions, those of the States no less than that of the nation, are designed, and must be interpreted and administered so as to… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The legislative powers of government reach actions only and not opinions. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The theory of rights enables us to rise and overthrow obstacles, but not to found a strong and lasting accord between all the elements… — Giuseppe Mazzini Copy Share Image
The Founders believed that pluralism survived only within the concept of religious liberty espoused by American Christianity. — David Barton Copy Share Image
“Another aspect of behavior directly impacted by the removal of religious principles was morality. Recall that both George Washington and Fisher Ames had warned… — David Barton Copy Share Image
The Court explained the problem with his writings (People v. Ruggles. 1811.): an attack on Jesus Christ was an attack on Christianity; and an… — David Barton Copy Share Image
The Founders intended only to prevent the establishment of a single national denomination, not to restrain public religious expressions. — David Barton Copy Share Image
There’s a passage that I love in Romans 1. … [I]t talks about homosexuality and it says that they will receive in their bodies… — David Barton Copy Share Image
It is interesting to note that during the last ten years Washington's 'Farewell Address' has begun to reappear in college textbooks - minus the… — David Barton Copy Share Image
The Founders never intended to separate Christianity from government, only to keep a single denomination from running the nation. — David Barton Copy Share Image
That's exactly what made America so different, we don't have that colonial aspect of let's go conquer somebody else and make our nation bigger… — David Barton Copy Share Image
“It’s interesting that many of the best instructors in early America were Scottish Presbyterians. As historian George Marsden affirmed, “[I]t is not much of… — David Barton Copy Share Image
“I have never seen a contemporary history book that informs students that witch trials were also occurring across the world at that time with… — David Barton Copy Share Image
Literacy is part of everyday social practice - it mediates all aspects of everyday life. Literacy is always part of something else - we… — David Barton Copy Share Image
The costs of the Bush-Obama wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now estimated to run as high as $4.4 trillion - a major victory… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
Well, The Day the Earth Caught Fire was a story... I don't if anybody knows what it is but it was about... in the… — Val Guest Copy Share Image
So here's what I want you to know, and here's what I want all our men and women in uniform to know: Because of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Today, the world looks to America for leadership. And America looks to its Corps of Marines. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The image of blacks usually is one of people who are suffering from hunger, unemployment, and poverty. The idea of them as agents and… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
I'll smoke, I'll cough, I'll get the tumors, I'll die, deal? Thank you America. [salutes] — Bill Hicks Copy Share Image
America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
In the nineteenth century some parts of the world were unexplored, but there was almost no restriction on travel.:; Up to 1914 you did… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
We need a system that serves our needs, not the needs of others. Remember, under a Trump administration it's called America first. Remember that. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
America, you're sending girls a mixed message. On one hand, you're saying to have positive body image and love who we are; on the… — Adora Svitak Copy Share Image
