Historian Quotes and aphorisms about constitution Edmund Morgan ,, Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence; Madison wrote not only the United States Constitut... H. W. Brands ,, When the Constitution was written in 1787, there was this supposition that American politics would ... Stephen Ambrose John Dalberg-Acton Douglas Southall Freeman Linda Colley Linda Colley Charles A. Beard Charles A. Beard Charles A. Beard ,, At no time during the period intervening between the ratification of the Constitution and the inaug...