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Founding principles Quotes

"Our founders did not try to create a nation where every citizen would be the same"

"Without God there could be no American form of government nor an American way of life"

"For more than 200 years, our democracy has been distinguished by the peaceful transfer of power"

"The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time"

"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal"

"America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense, it is the other way around. Human rights invented America."

"The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined"

"The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe in blood for centuries."