Forefathers Quotes

"Our country is founded on a sham: our forefathers were slave-owning rich white guys who wanted it their way. So when I see the American flag, I go, `Oh my God, you`re insulting me.` That you can have a gay parade on Christopher Street in New York, with naked men and women on a float cheering, `We`re here, we`re queer!` -- that`s what makes my heart swell. Not the flag, but a gay naked man or woman burning the flag. I get choked up with pride."

This may come as a surprise to you, but I wasn`t alive when reservations were created - even if I do look that old. I have no idea what the best method of dealing with the Indians in the 1800s would have been. Our forefathers evidently thought they were doing the right thing.

Because I was in Atlanta, people didn`t realize I`m one of the real forefathers in the game.

The forefathers, including James Madison, felt very strongly that the duties that we owe to God were outside of government`s prerogative, that government had no business interfering with the way we worship God.

They`ll be able to decide what changes need to be made and how to start a country like their forefathers.

I have come to the conclusion that none of us in our generation feels as guilty about sin as we should or as our forefathers did.

It is hard to know how many people do, but given that the people are so docile towards the rulers, nowadays, very few Americans show the passion for freedom that our forefathers had.

Let us make future generations remember us as proud ancestors just as, today, we remember our forefathers.

Sir, our forefathers would not have hesitated an hour. They found slavery existing here, and they left it only because they could not remove it.

Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.

Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.