American revolution Quote by David McCullough

America is the proud possessor of the oldest extant written constitution in the world, which was for its time - 1787 - a highly…

— Linda Colley

[The Massachusetts constitution] resembles the federal Constitution of 1787 more closely than any of the other revolutionary state constitutions. It was also drawn up…

— Gordon S. Wood

It was [John's Adams] Massachusetts constitution if anything that influenced people.

— Gordon S. Wood

The Massachusetts constitution was written much later than the other revolutionary state constitutions, and thus it avoids some of the earlier mistakes. The executive…

— Gordon S. Wood

“The inferior position of blacks, the exclusion of Indians from the new society, the establishment of supremacy for the rich and powerful in the…

— Howard Zinn

“The whole stress of Washington’s presidency, underlined by his farewell, was on the absolute necessity to obey the Constitution. As he said on many…

— Paul Johnson

I believe that the Constitution is an enduring document.

— Ketanji Brown Jackson

“The Constitution was a reaffirmation of faith in the principles painfully evolved over the centuries by the English-speaking peoples. It enshrined long-standing English ideas…

— Winston S. Churchill

“. . . a constitution, intended to endure for ages to come, and consequently, to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs.”

— John Marshall

“Interpreters, when challenged on their manipulations, tell us the Constitution was written for a different and simpler time. Actually, the genius of the Constitution…

— Mark David Ledbetter

“From my childhood days I have understood that we believe absolutely that the Constitution of our country was an inspired instrument, and that God…

— Heber J. Grant

“Its spirit was animated by the same love of representative government and respect for the rule of law that had produced England’s unwritten constitution…

— Paul Johnson