We should not be surprised that the Founding Fathers didn’t foresee everything, when we see that the current Fathers hardly ever foresee anything.

Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
“Conversations with Historians,” interview by John A. Garraty, American Heritage (1970-02)
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Excerpted from Interpreting American History: Conversations with Historians, Part 1, ch. 4 (1970).

 
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