Henry Steele Commager Quote

The Bill of Rights was not written to protect governments from trouble. It was written precisely to give the people the constitutional means to cause trouble for governments they no longer trusted.


Letter to the Editor, in The New York Times (1971).


The Bill of Rights was not written to protect governments from trouble. It was written precisely to give the people the constitutional means to cause ...

The Bill of Rights was not written to protect governments from trouble. It was written precisely to give the people the constitutional means to cause ...

The Bill of Rights was not written to protect governments from trouble. It was written precisely to give the people the constitutional means to cause ...

The Bill of Rights was not written to protect governments from trouble. It was written precisely to give the people the constitutional means to cause ...