Happy Constitution Day!
I'm generally not a fan of Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV), but one must give credit where credit is due:
Senator Robert C. Byrd, a West Virginia Democrat and the United States Congress unofficial constitutional scholar, believes that American primary, secondary, and post-secondary students lack significant knowledge regarding the United States Constitution. In December 2004, Senator Byrd offered an amendment that was passed by both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate in attempt to increase constitutional knowledge.
1) Click here for a test of your Constitutional knowledge!
2) Here is the text of Constitution.
3) Here are some of my favorite quotes regarding the Constitution and the importance of having an educated populace:
"We may be tossed upon an ocean where we can see no land -- nor, perhaps, the sun or stars. But there is a chart and a compass for us to study, to consult, and to obey. That chart is the Constitution. " -Daniel Webster
"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors." -Plato
"The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms." -James Madison, author of the Constitution
"Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution and to the Republic for which it stands. Miracles do not cluster and what has happened once in 6,000 years, may not happen again. Hold on to the Constitution, for if the American Constitution should fail, there will be anarchy throughout the world." -Daniel Webster
"Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties." -Abraham Lincoln
"Our Constitution was not written in the sands to be washed away by each wave of new judges blown in by each successive political wind." -Hugo Black
"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests." -Patrick Henry
"Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people." -John Adams
4) And finally, in a delightfully ironic twist, Vanderbilt University will be hosting a debate concerning the constitutionality of Constitution Day.
Senator Robert C. Byrd, a West Virginia Democrat and the United States Congress unofficial constitutional scholar, believes that American primary, secondary, and post-secondary students lack significant knowledge regarding the United States Constitution. In December 2004, Senator Byrd offered an amendment that was passed by both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate in attempt to increase constitutional knowledge.
1) Click here for a test of your Constitutional knowledge!
2) Here is the text of Constitution.
3) Here are some of my favorite quotes regarding the Constitution and the importance of having an educated populace:
"We may be tossed upon an ocean where we can see no land -- nor, perhaps, the sun or stars. But there is a chart and a compass for us to study, to consult, and to obey. That chart is the Constitution. " -Daniel Webster
"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors." -Plato
"The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms." -James Madison, author of the Constitution
"Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution and to the Republic for which it stands. Miracles do not cluster and what has happened once in 6,000 years, may not happen again. Hold on to the Constitution, for if the American Constitution should fail, there will be anarchy throughout the world." -Daniel Webster
"Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties." -Abraham Lincoln
"Our Constitution was not written in the sands to be washed away by each wave of new judges blown in by each successive political wind." -Hugo Black
"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests." -Patrick Henry
"Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people." -John Adams
4) And finally, in a delightfully ironic twist, Vanderbilt University will be hosting a debate concerning the constitutionality of Constitution Day.