Catholicism Quote by Thomas E. Woods Jr

“the Constitution was designed not to give us rights but to prevent government from taking our rights.”

— Thom Hartmann

It is easily and often overlooked that when Thomas Jefferson asserted that life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness were inalienable human rights, he…

— Tom Stoppard

“How could those who wrote the Constitution possibly understand its meaning better than those who had the experience of observing and participating in its…

— Jack N. Rakove

“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people.”

— Ken Buck

Thomas Jefferson understood the greater purpose of the liberty that our Founding Fathers sought during the creation of our Nation. Although it was against…

— William J. Clinton

The Bible and its teachings helped form the basis for the Founding Fathers' abiding belief in the inalienable rights of the individual.

— Ronald Reagan

“Our Founding Fathers, faced with perils we can scarcely imagine, drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man,…

— Barack Obama

“Second Treatise of Government by John Locke.”

— Charles River Editors

“Our government came into existence through divine guidance. The inspiration of the Lord rested upon the patriots who established it, and inspired them through…

— Joseph Fielding Smith

“Classical theorists (foremost John Locke, a British philosopher greatly admired by the founders) captured the predicament in the idea of a preconstitutional “state of…

— Michael S. Greve