Adoption Quote by George Washington

I regard it (the Constitution) as the work of the purest patriots and wisest statesman that ever existed, aided by the smiles of a…

— Daniel Webster

Our Constitution represents the work of the finger of Almighty God.

— James Madison

When I contemplate the interposition of Providence, as it was visibly manifested, in guiding us through the Revolution, in preparing us for the reception…

— George Washington

“In framing that great document which Gladstone declared ‘the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose…

— Ezra Taft Benson

Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities of history.

— Alphonse de Lamartine

History is the revelation of Providence.

— Lajos Kossuth

Can it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a nation with its virtue?

— George Washington

Can it be, that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a Nation with its virtue? The experiment, at least, is recommended by…

— George Washington

Providence is the perpetuity and continuance of creation.

— Richard Sibbes

“Among the most formidable of the obstacles which the new Constitution will have to encounter may readily be distinguished the obvious interest of a…

— Alexander Hamilton

Its Constitution--the glittering and sounding generalities of natural right which make up the Declaration of Independence.

— Rufus Choate

“It has often given my pleasure to observe, that independent America was not composed of detached and distant territories, but that one connected fertile,…

— John Jay