Lewis H. Lapham: Constitution

Lewis H. Lapham is American journalist. Explore interesting quotes on constitution.

Lewis H. Lapham: 68 quotes 0 likes

“Surely they knew that the very idea of the future came in an American box - complete with instructions for assembling a Constitution, a MacDonald's hamburger franchise, a row of Marriot hotels and a First Amendment.”

Lewis H. Lapham

Source: Money And Class In America (1989), Chapter 10, Envoi, p. 237

Idea , Future , Box

“Unlike every other other nation in the world, the United States defines itself as a hypothesis and constitutes itself as an argument.”

Lewis H. Lapham

Time Lines, p. 64
Waiting For The Barbarians (1997)

World

“The gentlemen who wrote the Constitution were as suspicious of efficient government as they were wary of democracy, a "turbulence and a folly" that was associated with the unruly ignorance of an urban mob.”

Lewis H. Lapham

Sacred Scroll, p. 73
Waiting For The Barbarians (1997)

Democracy