Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them, like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to the men of the preceding age a wisdom more than human, and suppose what they did to be beyond amendment. I knew that age well: I belonged to it, and labored with it. It deserved well of its country. It was very like the present, but without the experience of the present…. THOMAS JEFFERSON TO SAMUEL KERCHEVAL, JULY 12, 1816
Good quote to use when people revere the Founding Fathers without a fault and suggest that the Constitution is prefect and does not need change. Short answer: It does, and the Founding Fathers were humans just like us, no better and no worse.
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