Architect Quote by Martin Luther King, Jr

“The signers of the Declaration of Independence and the framers of the Constitution were inspired from on high to do that work.”

— Brigham Young

“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

The Declaration of Independence to which these great men affixed their signatures is much more than a political document. It constitutes a spiritual manifesto-revel…

— Ezra Taft Benson

America is the proud possessor of the oldest extant written constitution in the world, which was for its time - 1787 - a highly…

— Linda Colley

“Our forefathers bequeathed to us far more than a republic. They willed to us an enduring Constitution that incorporates more thought and brainpower than…

— James D. Best

Our Declaration of Independence was the start of a conversation about how to achieve life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for every citizen.…

— Kirsten Gillibrand

When our founding fathers put their signatures on the Declaration of Independence, those 56 brave people, most of whom by the way were clergymen,…

— Mike Huckabee

Letter to the committee in charge of the celebration of the centennial of the American Constitution. I have always regarded that Constitution as the…

— William E. Gladstone

“From my childhood days I have understood that we believe absolutely that the Constitution of our country was an inspired instrument, and that God…

— Heber J. Grant

The Declaration is a magnificent document.

— Paul Gillmor

“To my countrymen who gave unto themselves the constitution but not the ability to keep it,who inherited resplendent heritage but not the wisdom to…

— Nani Palkhiwala

“The Constitution is ink on parchment. It is forty-four hundred words. And it is, too, the accreted set of meanings that have been made…

— Jill Lepore