This is an excerpt from my upcoming book, The Good, The Bad, & The Hope We Have: A Treasury of Useful Quotations. Our Founding Fathers created a new form of government that never existed before. It is a Constitutional republic called the American experiment in self-government. Ronald Reagan explained how it works. He said: “Ours…
Category: Constitution
Benjamin Franklin’s Request for Prayer at The Constitutional Convention
This is an excerpt from my upcoming book, The Good, The Bad, & The Hope We Have: A Treasury of Useful Quotations. Benjamin Franklin believed in God, and he also believed in the power of prayer. He was eighty-one when he attended the Constitutional Convention at Independence Hall in Philadelphia in 1787. He made a motion…
The Author of the Constitution Said:
“I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents.”
The United States Constitution
John Adams said, “Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom.” Our education system has failed to do this. And we, as parents and grandparents, must teach our children these principles. This video is an excellent introduction to the document that guarantees us our freedom, the Constitution of The United States.
The Three Branches of Our Federal Government
James Madison said, “The very definition of tyranny is when all powers are gathered under one place.” And that’s why the United States Government is separated into three separate and equal branches—the Legislative Branch, the Executive Branch, and the Judicial Branch. The Legislative Branch makes the laws. The Executive Branch enforces the laws. And the Judicial…