Founding fathers Quote by Mark Leibovich

If our founding fathers were alive today, they'd roll over in their graves.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

With "Good Night, and Good Luck," I think it's kind of obvious what [Truman Capote]'s getting at there, and the importance of how it's…

— Philip Seymour Hoffman

If you read our Founding Fathers, people like Benjamin Franklin and Jefferson - what we're doing now in this country is making them roll…

— Rick Santelli

If Roosevelt were alive today, he'd turn over in his grave.

— Samuel Goldwyn

If Roosevelt were alive he'd turn in his grave.

— Samuel Goldwyn, Jr

“No one was a stranger in that crowd. We had all heard FDR's "Fireside Chats" and Edward R. Murrow's "This is London," listened to…

— Marjorie Hart

“In some odd gush of patriotism, my mother had once vomited on the Liberty Bell, the Statue of Liberty, and a bust of Benjamin…

— Jerry Stahl

“There are bodies buried beneath the flagstones of my parents' estate, and some graves never green.”

— Mackenzi Lee

“This was supposedly an Honors American History class, for seniors only. What deep, dark secrets of American History needed to be kept from younger…

— Melodie Starkey

“Anyone who is among us today, may be buried tomorrow.”

— Albrecht Dürer

The thing with all the Founding Fathers, one of the most common words they used was 'posterity.' They were constantly referring to posterity.

— Ron Chernow

“I buried the past in a shallow, unmarked grave but it does not rest in peace. It demands to be named and honored.”

— D.C. Hubbard