Marc Andreessen Quotes

The American political system was created by a bunch of geniuses so that it could be run by a bunch of idiots.

In 1987, the United States celebrates the bicentennial anniversary of the constitutional convention that provided the basic rules for the American political order. This convention was one of the very few historical examples in which political rules were deliberately chosen.

We have the oldest written constitution still in force in the world, and it starts out with three words, 'We, the people.'

The Founding Fathers gladly sacrificed government that could provide speedy, effective, cohesive, and internally consistent policies. They opted for one that had a maximum number of veto points and checks and balances and protections against tyranny by particular officials or tyranny by selfish majorities.

The founding fathers set up this country as a republic—not a democracy.

The American Constitution is, so far as I can see, the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of man.

The founding fathers hated two things, one was monarchy and the other was, democracy, they gave us a constitution that saw to it we will have neither.

The Federal government we have today is unimaginable in the perspective of the Americans who debated the ratification of the original constitution.

The author of our constitution, James Madison, … would be aghast

America is the proud possessor of the oldest extant written constitution in the world, which was for its time - 1787 - a highly innovative and important document.

Some have argued that the United States was designed to block majority rule; to be a 'republic, not a democracy.' This is ahistorical nonsense.

We Americans love our Constitution so much that we can't bear to change even the stupid parts.

The American Constitution is the greatest governing document, and at some 7,000 words, just about the shortest.

I do believe that it was through divine providence that the Founding Fathers drafted a document that created a government that didn't trust each other - hence the separation of powers. And then, to close the deal, the Bill of Rights was added to continue to protect individual rights and freedoms.

Our Founding Fathers crafted a constitutional Republic for the first time in the history of the world because they were shaping a form of government that would not have the failures of a democracy in it, but had the representation of democracy in it.

Our country's founders cherished liberty, not democracy.

Government is necessary for our survival. We need government in order to survive. The Founding Fathers created a special place for government. It is called the Constitution.

America was founded on majority rule, not supermajority rule. Somehow, over the years, this has morphed into supermajority rule, and that changes things.

It took us in this country 11 years to get from the Declaration of Independence to the Constitution.

The Constitution lies at the core of our civil religion.

Nobody expects democracy to be efficient--individual freedom was the primary purpose of our founders - but it should function at least a little

The United States is dangerously close to becoming a democracy instead of a republic.

No other country has copied the separation and division of powers that we have.

Americans are naturally suspicious of too much government and they see divided government as a safeguard.

Our founding fathers created a system of government of men, not of angels.