Blood Quote by Thomas Jefferson

“There was a good Constitution in America, and he had read it carefully. It gave liberty, but he recognized that it worked only for…

— Noah Gordon

I do believe that General Washington had not a firm confidence in the durability of our government. He was naturally distrustful of men, and…

— Thomas Jefferson

“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

“When Rob J. had prepared for citizenship he’d studied the United States Constitution and marveled at its provisions. Now he saw that the genius…

— Noah Gordon

“Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.”—George Washington.”

— Richard Rudomanski

I join cordially in admiring and revering the Constitution of the United States, the result of the collected wisdom of our country. That wisdom…

— Thomas Jefferson

“[...] perhaps these thirty years of revolution had taught him that men are unfit for liberty, and he thought that he had spent his…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“John Adams when he said, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of…

— Ben Carson

“Ask the average American what is the salient passion in his emotional armamentarium—what is the idea that lies at the bottom of all his…

— H.L. Mencken

“ Tom Paine has almost no influence on present-day thinking in the United States because he is unknown to the average citizen. Perhaps I…

— Thomas Edison

“As god is my witness, it was never my intent to throw out the constitution. I thought it was hanging by a thread, and…

— Orson Scott Card

“The whole stress of Washington’s presidency, underlined by his farewell, was on the absolute necessity to obey the Constitution. As he said on many…

— Paul Johnson