Age Quote by Thomas Jefferson

“Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched. They ascribe…

— Thomas Jefferson

Some men look at Constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them, like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched. They ascribe…

— Thomas Jefferson

“The American Constitution is a practical secular covenant, drawn up by men who (with few exceptions) believed in a sacred Covenant, designed to restrain…

— Russell Kirk

The Convention thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men.

— James Madison

How easily men satisfy themselves that the Constitution is exactly what they wish it to be

— Joseph Story

Whatever may be the judgement pronounced on the competency of the architects of the Constitution, or whatever may be the destiny of the edifice…

— James Madison

The Constitution of our country [was] formed by the Fathers of liberty... Exalt the standard of Democracy! Down with that of priestcraft, and let…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

“he amended the thought to say that men were “endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights,” thus”

— Christopher Hitchens

Our Constitution was not intended to be used by ... any group to foist its personal religious beliefs on the rest of us.

— Katharine Hepburn

If men were but to read the New Testament with the same tone and emphasis, with which they do other books, and were to…

— Lysander Spooner

The Constitution of this government was written by men who accepted Jesus Christ as the Savior of mankind. Let men and women in these…

— David O. McKay

We trace the hand of the Almighty in framing the constitution of our land, and believe that the Lord raised up men purposely for…

— Lorenzo Snow