The Ten Commandments contain 297 words. The Bill of Rights is stated in 463 words. The Lord’s prayer has only 67. The story of creation in the Bible uses only 200 words. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address contains 271 words. On the other hand, a recent Federal directive to regulate the price of cabbage contains 26,911 words.
Bill of Rights Quotes
Bill of rights give assurance to the individual of the preservation of his liberty. They do not define the liberty they promise.
I have often thought that the Bill of Rights should have stopped after the first five words: “Congress shall make no laws . . .”
The Bill of Rights is a born rebel. It reeks with sedition. In every clause it shakes its fist in the face of constituted authority… it is the one guarantee of human freedom to the American people.
