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The founding fathers thought that democracy was impossible without having virtuous citizens. “Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom,” Benjamin Franklin once said. “As nations become ...
Most of the Founding Fathers considered themselves Christian and thought that religion was important in a happy, healthy society, said Gerard Magliocca, Samuel R. Rosen Professor at the IU Robert ...
The Nov. 5 election comes one year after 57% of Ohio voters chose to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution. ... the view of the Christian faith" when he invoked the Founding Fathers ...
Gunning Bedford Jr. (1747 – March 30, 1812) was an American Founding Father, delegate to the Congress of the Confederation (Continental Congress), Attorney General of Delaware, a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1787 which drafted the United States Constitution, a signer of the United States Constitution, and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for ...
The Founding Fathers of the United States, often simply referred to as the Founding Fathers or the Founders, were a group of late-18th-century American revolutionary leaders who united the Thirteen Colonies, oversaw the War of Independence from Great Britain, established the United States of America, and crafted a framework of government for ...
An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States argues that the structure of the Constitution of the United States was motivated primarily by the personal financial interests of the Founding Fathers. Beard contends that the authors of The Federalist Papers represented an interest group themselves.
William Few Jr. (June 8, 1748 – July 16, 1828) was an American Founding Father, lawyer, politician and jurist. He represented the U.S. state of Georgia at the Constitutional Convention and signed the U.S. Constitution. Few and James Gunn were the first U.S. Senators from Georgia.
Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics education written by Paul G. Summers, retired judge and state attorney general.. We continue our study ...