by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 7, 2013 | Constitution, Founders, George Washington, Government, President, Quotes
“This Constitution is really, in its formation, a government of the people…No government before introduced among mankind ever contained so many checks and such efficacious restraints to prevent it from degenerating into any species of oppression…....
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 7, 2013 | Constitution, Founders, George Washington, President, Quotes, Uncategorized
“The Constitution…approaches nearer to perfection than any government hitherto instituted among men.” Letter to Sir Edward Newenham, 29 August 1788, Fitzpatrick 30:73.
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 7, 2013 | Constitution, Founders, George Washington, President, Quotes, Uncategorized
“It appears to me….little short of a miracle that the delegates from so many different states…are also so different from each other in their manners, circumstances, and prejudices… should uniute in forming a system of national government so...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 5, 2013 | Constitution, Founders, George Washington, Government, President, Quotes
“It will not be doubted, that with reference either to individual, or National Welfare, Agriculture is of primary importance. In proportion as Nations advance in population, and other circumstances of maturity, this truth becomes more apparent; and renders the...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 4, 2013 | Education, Founders, George Washington, President, Quotes
There is nothing which can better deserve your patronage, than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness. Courtesy of BrainyQuote
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 4, 2013 | Founders, George Washington, President, Quotes
Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble. Courtesy of BrainyQuote
