Constitution Quote by Elihu Root

The history of ancient and modern republics had taught them that many of the evils which those republics suffered arose from the want of…

— Alexander Hamilton

If you look at the minutes of the constitutional convention - which we have - Madison who was the main framer, proceeded to develop…

— Noam Chomsky

The necessity of a senate is not less indicated by the propensity of all single and numerous assemblies, to yield to the impulse of…

— James Madison

What the framers of the Constitution tried to achieve when they wrote that Constitution back in the 1700s was an independent federal judiciary. They…

— Sandra Day O'Connor

Another advantage accruing from this ingredient in the constitution of a senate, is the additional impediment it must prove against improper acts of legislation.…

— James Madison

In order to judge of the form to be given to this institution the Senate, it will be proper to take a view of…

— James Madison

For a long time in American history, people didn't even come up before the Senate. They didn't come before the Judiciary Committee, and up…

— Fred Thompson

Everyone believed the Senate could not really be led. It used to take so long to rise up through seniority.

— Robert Caro

It is necessary for a Senator to be thoroughly acquainted with the constitution; and this is a knowledge of the most extensive nature; a…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

The Senate was an odd compromise between the founders and the early leaders of the republic who wanted a single house which was based…

— George Packer

The senate was wealthy people and it wasn't elected, it was chosen through legislatures, which themselves were under private influence, powerful influence. They were…

— Noam Chomsky

One of the reasons that the Senate was structured and founded the way it is, as opposed to the House, it was designed for…

— Rush Limbaugh