Founding Fathers
The Founding Fathers were a group of influential leaders and statesmen who played pivotal roles in establishing the United States. Key figures include George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. They contributed to the drafting of the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and the Federalist Papers, laying the foundational principles of American democracy and governance.
Book summaries for books written by Founding Fathers
Quotes
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union...
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion...
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects...
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime...
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others...
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States...
All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States...
The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States...
The judicial Power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme Court...
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens...
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged...
The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government...