Quotes

Reagan on Democracy

“Those three words, 'We the People', are an all important reminder of the only legitimate source of the Government's authority over its citizens.”

November 11, 1987

“Those three words, 'We the People', are an all important reminder of the only legitimate source of the Government's authority over its citizens. The preamble of the Constitution, which begins with these three powerful words, serves also as a reminder that one of the basic purposes underlying our national charter was to ensure domestic tranquility. And that's why the Constitution established a system of criminal justice that not only protects the individual defendants but that will protect all Americans from crime as well.”

— Remarks Announcing the Nomination of Anthony M. Kennedy To Be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States