Jefferson’s Blog
Some election issues are timeless.
Thomas Jefferson writes on the issues of his day, and ours.
August 23, 2012
Was the founders’ wisdom perfect?
“Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the arc of the covenant, too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to the men of the preceding age a wisdom more than human, and suppose what they did to be beyond amendment.”
–Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Kercheval, June 12, 1816
iCitizenForum
Joe says:
There is plenty happening that the founding fathers could not have predicted. But even though it is not modern thinking, their ideas are still the best guidance we have for this country to stay true to what it means to be American.
BJordan says:
No one is perfect but their ideas were pretty darn good.