Adventure Quote by Ron Chernow

The great objects which presented themselves [to the Constitutional Convention] ... formed a task more difficult than can be well conceived by those who…

— James Madison

Outside Independence Hall when the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ended, Mrs. Powel of Philadelphia asked Benjamin Franklin, "Well, Doctor, what have we got, a…

— Benjamin Franklin

If we really want to make progress and achieve greater fairness as a society, it is time for elemental change. And we should start…

— Anonymous

The Constitutional Convention debated whether America should even have a standing army. ... They worried that a powerful military could rival civilian government for…

— Rachel Maddow

“In 1787, Benjamin Franklin was supposedly asked what would emerge from the Constitutional Convention being held in Philadelphia. “A republic,” Franklin answered, “if you…

— Thomas M. Nichols

Naturalization is the process by which a citizen, or subject of a foreign nation or kingdom, is made a citizen of the United States.…

— Samuel Freeman Miller

The United States Constitutional Convention, except for three or four persons, thought prayers unnecessary.

— Benjamin Franklin

If you look at the minutes of the constitutional convention - which we have - Madison who was the main framer, proceeded to develop…

— Noam Chomsky

“In framing that great document which Gladstone declared ‘the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose…

— Ezra Taft Benson

“Hamilton drew freely on statements he had made at the Constitutional Convention to distinguish his “elective monarch” from a king. The British king, he…

— Ron Chernow

I am exceedingly distressed at the proceedings of the Convention-being ... almost sure, they will ... lay the foundation of a Civil War.

— Elbridge Gerry

Outside Independence Hall when the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ended

— Benjamin Franklin