Added Quote by John Shimkus

The Bill of Rights was not written to protect governments from trouble. It was written precisely to give the people the constitutional means to…

— Henry Steele Commager

The government was set to protect man from criminals-and the constitution was written to protect man from the government. The Bill of Rights was…

— Ayn Rand

Our Founding Fathers drafted the Bill of Rights to ensure that We the People could determine how best to protect our communities.

— Mike Quigley

I believe in the separation of powers. If a judge crosses the line between interpreting and making the law, he has crossed the line…

— Orrin Hatch

The Founding Fathers believed devoutly that there was a God and that the unalienable rights of man were rooted - not in the state,…

— Tom C. Clark

“the Constitution was designed not to give us rights but to prevent government from taking our rights.”

— Thom Hartmann

Contrary to all the blather we here about the unique goodness of the American people or our religious heritage or anything else, the one…

— Harry Browne

“Our forefathers understood the dangers of consolidated power. This is why they provided for a separation of powers within the U.S. Government between the…

— Barry McGowan

I disagree strongly with the concept of separation of church and state. It was not written into the Constitution.

— Ken Buck

It was the separation of powers upon which the framers placed their hopes for the preservation of the people's liberties. Despite this heritage, the…

— Robert Byrd

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

I believe strongly in the Constitutional principle of separating church and state. Our founders were right in fearing that religious freedom would be threatened…

— Sargent Shriver