Founders
Creature of a Constitution
A Constitution is a Thing antecedent to Government, and a Government is only the Creature of a Constitution. The Constitution of a Country is not the act of its Government, but of the People constituting a Government. It is the Body of Elements to which you can refer and quote article by article; and which…
Read MoreThere!
There! His Majesty can now read my name without glasses. And he can double the reward on my head! John Hancock Upon signing the Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776
Read MoreSympathy Of Sentiments
The house of representatives…can make no law which will not have its full operation on themselves and their friends, as well as the great mass of society. This has always been deemed one of the strongest bonds by which human policy can connect the rulers and the people together. It creates between them that communion…
Read MoreReap The Blessings
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it. Patrick Henry The American Crisis, No. 4 September 11, 1777
Read MoreThe Essence
The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. James Madison Speech in the Virginia constitutional convention December 2, 1829
Read More