Political Quotes

On the recordDecember 8, 2019
But if Donald Trump misjudged the American character, the Framers of our Constitution did not.
Said by
Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Raskin asserts that the Constitution's Framers understood the American people's resilience against tyranny.

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