Constitution Quote by Marianne Williamson

“For Washington, parties weren’t so much expressions of popular politics as their negation, denying the true will of the people as expressed through their…

— Ron Chernow

First of all, there's no mention of political parties in the Constitution, so you begin American history with not only no political conventions but…

— Michael Beschloss

When the Constitution was written in 1787, there was this supposition that American politics would be above party. The people who would staff the…

— H. W. Brands

Our founders thought long and hard about what the office of president should be. George Washington resisted the role, and then defined it.

— Martha MacCallum

The founders were very worried that if parties developed in America, you might have something like the modern Italian system, where you have 20…

— Michael Beschloss

Washington's address is virtually unknown today and has not been seen in most American history textbooks in nearly four decades. Perhaps it is because…

— David Barton

The Founders were not democrats and socialists..., but conservatives who had a healthy distrust of political passions and who devised a complex system designed…

— David Horowitz

The Founders never intended for Americans to trust their government. Our entire Constitution was predicated on the notion that government was a necessary evil,…

— Rand Paul

Our Founders worried a lot about the tyranny of the majority. They designed our form of government to provide a loud voice for minority…

— Charlie Baker

Our constituents did not send us to Washington to shut down the government. They sent us here to make it more accountable.

— Steve Womack

The people who started the American government, the founders of the Constitution, didn't like political parties but they were forced to start them. Nobody…

— Barney Frank

In the Constitution, there is no idea of a political party. It is representatives of every constituency because it is so vibrant and varied.

— Prakash Raj