Founding fathers Quote by Thomas Jefferson

If there be any among us who wish to dissolve the Union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed, as monuments…

— Thomas Jefferson

“At this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential office there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at…

— Abraham Lincoln

The Constitution on which our Union rests, shall be administered by me [as President] according to the safe and honest meaning contemplated by the…

— Thomas Jefferson

“The fact is that our Union rests upon public opinion and can never be cemented by the blood of its citizens...If it can not…

— Anonymous

“Hence, likewise, they will avoid the necessity of those overgrown military establishments, which, under any form of government, are inauspicious to liberty, and which…

— George Washington

“It was no longer a question of the Union as it was , that was to be reestablished; it was the Union as it…

— Régis de Trobriand

“When I consider the state of the United States of America, my primary concerns are not about the state of its economy, or whether…

— Jack Pelham

[On President Clinton's address:] It was the worst inaugural address of our lifetime, and I think the only controversy will be between those who…

— Peggy Noonan

Let us re-adopt the Declaration of Independence, and with it, the practices, and policy, which harmonize with it. Let north and south - let…

— Abraham Lincoln

“The union of America is the foundation-stone of her independence; the rock on which it is built; and is something so sacred in her…

— Thomas Paine

Throughout the day no time for memorandums now. Go ahead! Liberty and independence forever.

— Davy Crockett

For more than half a century... this Union has stood unshaken. Whatever dangers may threaten it, I shall stand by it and maintain it…

— Zachary Taylor