David O. McKay Quotes

Its Constitution--the glittering and sounding generalities of natural right which make up the Declaration of Independence.

Except for the Bible, the two greatest documents ever written are the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.

The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Civil War - when I really think about them, they all seem about as likely as the parting of the Red Sea.

They [our founding fathers] saw the need from the very outset to improve the product [the Constitution].

The word 'free' is used three times in the Declaration of Independence and once in the First Amendment to the Constitution, along with 'freedom.' The word 'fair' is not used in either of our founding documents.

New Hampshire is one of the birthplaces of American freedom and independence - a place with a love and a passion for liberty.

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

The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and all the glory of it.

Founding Fathers

The Declaration of Independence is no part of the Constitution or of any other book.

If the American Revolution had produced nothing but the Declaration of Independence, it would have been worthwhile.

If the Constitution was a movie, the Preamble would be the trailer, the First Amendment the establishing shot, the 13th the crowd pleaser and the 14th the ultimate hero scene.

Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence; Madison wrote not only the United States Constitution, or at least most of it, but also the most searching commentary on it that has ever appeared. Each of them served as president of the United States for eight years. What they had to say to each other has to command attention.

Americans have only the dimmest notion of what their constitutional freedoms are - and what it took to get them...[and] the willingness to surrender what we're supposed to be fighting for is a recurring part of our history.

I hope that you have re-read the Constitution of the United States in these past few weeks. Like the Bible, it ought to be read again and again.

Bill of Rights was Madison, I'm going with Madison.

For history tells us that while these truths may be self-evident, they've never been self-executing. That while freedom is a gift from God, it must be secured by his people here on earth.

When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir.

The Declaration of Independence is a sacred part of American history.

The United States of America was formed to honor the word of God.

In the summer of 1776 our Founding Fathers sought to secure our independence and the liberties that remain the foundation of our nation today.

Our Declaration of Independence was held sacred by all and thought to include all; but now, to aid in making the bondage of the Negro universal and eternal, it is assailed, sneered at, construed, hawked at, and torn, till, if its framers could rise from their graves, they could not at all recognize it.

The Declaration is a magnificent document.

When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object.

Tens of thousands of brave Americans died to break the chains of British tyranny so that the principles of our Declaration of Independence could take fold and flourish in the birth of a new nation.