In 1810, James Madison stated, “A well-informed people alone can be permanently a free people.” John Malcolm and Angela Sailor write:
History may be seen as a series of trying and tumultuous events—tragic times of loss and sorrow.
The United States has certainly had its share of such experiences. And each time our people have responded with resolve and resilience.
Nothing reflects that resilience more than our Constitution, signed by 39 of the Framers on Sept. 17, 1787—a day now celebrated nationally as Constitution Day.
It is a remarkable document.
[John Malcolm and Angela Sailor, "The Essential Constitution,” The Daily Signal, September 15]
