Quote by Ron Chernow

“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

“The Framers reasoned that Congress, faced with a president who usurps legislative prerogatives, would fight back by cutting off money the president would need…

— Andrew McCarthy

Under our Constitution, presidents have something called 'veto power.

— Hillary Clinton

“Roosevelt had usurped constitutional power from Congress and bullied the American people into giving up their hard assets for pieces of paper. King Midas…

— Brion T. McClanahan

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

“In his essays on the need for executive-branch vigor, Hamilton continually invoked the king of England as an example of what should be avoided,…

— Ron Chernow

The Constitution created a system of checks and balances designed to prevent the president from becoming a king or a dictator. Our founders had…

— Jessica Tarlov

“Jefferson feared that Hamilton had plans radically at odds with the Constitution. As he saw it, Hamilton wanted to warp the federal government out…

— R.B. Bernstein

Put no trust in the benefits to accrue from early rising, as set forth by the infatuated Franklin ...

— Mark Twain

I'm often asked, 'Why didn't Benjamin Franklin ever become president?' My short, easy answer is: He died.

— H. W. Brands

[Benjamin] Franklin may be a great philosopher, [John Adams] told his diary in 1779, but "as a Legislator in America he has done very little."

— Gordon S. Wood

It is difficult to find a reputable American historian who will acknowledge the crude fact that a Franklin Roosevelt, say, wanted to be President…

— Gore Vidal