Constitution Quote by Lewis H. Lapham

Jefferson refused to pin his hopes on the occasional success of honest and unambitious men; on the contrary, the great danger was that philosophers…

— Daniel J. Boorstin

The Constitution was definitely and specifically designed to hobble all people who are so foolish as to think themselves capable of leading others by…

— Leonard Read

“The political history of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century America shows that our Constitution emerged from the efforts of a whole people to resolve the conflict…

— Noel B. Reynolds

“Americans became so thoroughly democratic that much of the period's political activity, beginning with the Constitution, was diverted to finding means and devices to…

— Gordon S. Wood

“Our founding fathers placed so much emphasis on nurturing a well-educated populace because they knew that our system of democracy could not long survive…

— Ben Carson

“Those then, who resist a confirmation of public order, are the true Artificers of monarchy—not that this is the intention of the generality of…

— Alexander Hamilton

The American Constitution, one of the few modern political documents drawn up by men who were forced by the sternest circumstances to think out…

— George Bernard Shaw

“What manner of men had lived in those days...who had so eagerly surrendered their sovereignty for a lie and a delusion? Why had they…

— Taylor Caldwell

“To him, one of the most fascinating historical aspects of governments was their complete disregard for governing. Governments were single-minded and interested only in…

— Hank Quense

“The American Constitution was carefully rigged by the noteholders, land speculators, rum runners, and slave holders who were the Founding Fathers, so that it…

— G. William Domhoff

“The democratic nations that have introduced freedom into their political constitution at the very time when they were augmenting the despotism of their administrative…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of…

— Herbert Croly