Constitution Day, September 17, 2019

From our faithful Eagle Forum Constitution Chairman, Janine Hansen —

September 17, 1787, Constitution Day commemorates the signing of the Constitution by thirty-nine brave men. Below are some thought provoking quotes on the Constitution. Celebrate the Constitution today!

“To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.” — Calvin Coolidge

“I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education. This is the true corrective of abuses of constitutional power.” Thomas Jefferson, Letter of Thomas Jefferson.

“The strength of the Constitution lies entirely in the determination of each citizen to defend it. Only if every single citizen feels duty bound to do his share in this defense are the constitutional rights secure.” — Albert Einstein

“I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.” — James Madison

“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” — Abraham Lincoln

“There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other. This, in my humble apprehension, is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our Constitution.” — John Adams

“All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as from the downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit and circulation. — John Adams

“The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.” — George Washington

The wisdom of the Constitution is under assault today. The Constitution is a gift from our Lord Jesus Christ and those who sacrificed their Lives, their Fortunes and their Sacred Honor. Can we do less?