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In my view, far from deserving condemnation for their courageous reporting, the New York Times, the Washington Post and other newspapers should be commended for serving the purpose that the Founding Fathers saw so clearly.
Hugo Black

Meaning of "Founding Fathers" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FOUNDING FATHERS

Founding Fathers  [ˈfaʊndɪŋ ˈfɑːðəz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FOUNDING FATHERS

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Founding Fathers is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FOUNDING FATHERS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Founding Fathers

List of national founders

The following list of national founding fathers is a record, by country, of men who were credited with establishing their nation. National founders are typically those who played an influential role in setting up the systems of governance,, of the country. They can also be military leaders of a war of independence that led to the existence of the country.

Definition of Founding Fathers in the English dictionary

The definition of Founding Fathers in the dictionary is the Founding Fathers any of the men who were members of the U.S. Constituional Convention of 1787.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FOUNDING FATHERS


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druthers
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feathers
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horsefeathers
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leathers
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others
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smithers
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withers
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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FOUNDING FATHERS

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four eyes principle
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Four Hundred

WORDS THAT END LIKE FOUNDING FATHERS

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Apostolic Fathers
Archers
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Christian Brothers
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Everly Brothers
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hers
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Marx Brothers
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Pilgrim Fathers
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Weightwatchers

Synonyms and antonyms of Founding Fathers in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Founding Fathers» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FOUNDING FATHERS

Find out the translation of Founding Fathers to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Founding Fathers from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Founding Fathers» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

开国元勋
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Los padres fundadores
570 millions of speakers

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Founding Fathers
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

संस्थापक पिता
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الآباء المؤسسين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Отцы-основатели
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Fundadores
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রতিষ্ঠাতা পিতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Pères fondateurs
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bapa pengasas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Väter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

建国の父
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아버지 를 창립
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bapak Pendiri
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Phụ sáng lập
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தோற்றுவித்தவர்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पूर्वजांचा संस्थापक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kurucu Babalar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Padri Fondatori
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Ojcowie Założyciele
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

батьки-засновники
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Fondatorii
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

ιδρυτές
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

stigterslede
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

unionens fäder
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Founding Fathers
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Founding Fathers

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10 QUOTES WITH «FOUNDING FATHERS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Founding Fathers.
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Sharron Angle
I feel that the Second Amendment is the right to keep and bear arms for our citizenry. This not for someone who's in the military. This is not for law enforcement. This is for us. And, in fact, when you read that Constitution and the Founding Fathers, they intended this to stop tyranny.
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Michael Badnarik
Government is necessary for our survival. We need government in order to survive. The Founding Fathers created a special place for government. It is called the Constitution.
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Michael Beschloss
The Founding Fathers would be sorry to see that America had become so divided and factionalized.
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Judy Biggert
Second, marriage is an issue that our Founding Fathers wisely left to the states.
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Hugo Black
The Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to bare the secrets of government and inform the people.
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Hugo Black
In my view, far from deserving condemnation for their courageous reporting, the New York Times, the Washington Post and other newspapers should be commended for serving the purpose that the Founding Fathers saw so clearly.
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Barber Conable
Congress is functioning the way the Founding Fathers intended-not very well. They understood that if you move too quickly, our democracy will be less responsible to the majority.
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Kent Conrad
One reason the Founding Fathers thought that states should have two senators was so that smaller states wouldn't get run over and could bring their interests to the attention of the Senate more broadly.
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Joseph Cummins
I think that people have short memories, and I think that they believe that our forbearers in the past were these Founding Fathers who were ideal and who were - would never have stooped to dirty tricks.
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Robert Darnton
While confronting the problems of the present, I often find myself thinking back to the world of books as it was experienced by the Founding Fathers and the philosophers of the Enlightenment.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOUNDING FATHERS»

Discover the use of Founding Fathers in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Founding Fathers and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Faiths of the Founding Fathers
But how true is this claim? In this compact book, David L. Holmes offers a clear, concise and illuminating look at the spiritual beliefs of our founding fathers.
David L. Holmes, 2006
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Founding Fathers, Secret Societies: Freemasons, Illuminati, ...
Careful research and years of effort show in this beautiful work--as exciting and informative as it is important.” -Whitley Strieber, host of Dreamland with Whitley Strieber “Founding Fathers, Secret Societies is that rare thing--a ...
Robert Hieronimus, Ph.D., 2005
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The Founding Fathers Reconsidered
Here is a concise, scholarly, yet accessible overview of the brilliant, flawed, and quarrelsome group of lawyers, politicians, merchants, military men, and clergy known as "the Founding Fathers"--who got as close to the ideal of the ...
R.B. Bernstein Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Law New York Law School, 2009
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Financial Founding Fathers: The Men Who Made America Rich
Focuses on the lives of nine Americans who were instrumental in creating the wealth and institutions necessary to construct the American colonies into one cohesive economic power.
Robert E. Wright, David J. Cowen, 2006
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American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making ...
In this vivid book, New York Times bestselling author Jon Meacham tells the human story of how the Founding Fathers viewed faith, and how they ultimately created a nation in which belief in God is a matter of choice.
Jon Meacham, 2007
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The Founding Fathers of Zionism
Presents the biographies of Zionist leaders Leo Pinsker, Theodor Herzl, Max Nordau, Israel Zangwill, and Ze'ev Jabotinsky, whose devotion to the movement culminated in the establishment of the state of Israel.
Benzion Netanyahu, 2012
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The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Founding Fathers
That makes this a vital guide to restoring a sane, sober, Constitutional sense of responsibility to today's public debates.
Brion McClanahan, 2009
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Faith of Our Founding Fathers
Best-selling author Tim LaHaye blasts a hole in the common "separation of church and state" argument that has brought about the secularization of American society.
Tim F. LaHaye, 1994
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The Founding Fathers and the Place of Religion in America
An engaging and highly readable account of early American history, this book shows how religious freedom came to be recognized not merely as toleration of dissent but as a natural right to be enjoyed by all Americans.
Frank Lambert, 2010
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The Everything Founding Fathers Book: All you need to know ...
Inside you'll discover the triumphs, failures, and little-known facts about our founding fathers, including: Why George Washington never lived in the White House What John Adams and Thomas Jefferson stole from Shakespeare's birthplace Why ...
Meg Greene, Paula Stathakis, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOUNDING FATHERS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Founding Fathers is used in the context of the following news items.
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Founding fathers could not predict automatic guns
Now that Walter E. Williams has interpreted the Constitution to us inferior lowly citizens ("Second Amendment was not meant for duck hunting" ... «Cincinnati.com, Jul 15»
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Letter: Nation needs to return to beliefs of Founding Fathers
The last verse of the Star Spangled Banner says, “O thus be it ever, when free men shall stand between their loved homes and the war's ... «Princeton Union Eagle, Jul 15»
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The Declaration of Independence: A Founding Fathers re-enactment
To honor the occasion, the Founding Fathers of the Black Hills Independence Hall played host to a free re-enactment on Wednesday. «Newscenter1.tv, Jul 15»
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Nation founding fathers created is not what it is today
The nation that our founding fathers created is no longer the nation in control today. We kicked God out of our schools; we're kicking Him out of ... «Victoria Advocate, Jul 15»
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Encryption in the US: The Founding Fathers Frequently Used it …
While encryption might seem like a new affair, it is actually very old school … and something which the Founding Fathers extensively used. «Center for Research on Globalization, Jul 15»
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Letters, July 10, 2015: How would founding fathers react to today's …
Many of our founding fathers declared themselves Deists, not Christians. They believed in a creative force but not a church that dominated the ... «Santa Cruz Sentinel, Jul 15»
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Readers Write: Our Founding Fathers were left-wingers
So would any legitimate self-respecting socialist. Which of his policies have led you to this conclusion? The ACA leaves insurance companies ... «The Island Now, Jul 15»
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Weighing 'myths' about the Founding Fathers
In his July 5 Outlook essay, “Five Myths: The Founding Fathers,” Newt Gingrich conflated a secular “nation” and a secular “government” and ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
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Founding Fathers re-enact statement of freedom
Those on hand participated in the reading cheering and jeering the fierce statement being made by America's founding fathers, as well as ... «Kotatv, Jul 15»
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What The Founding Fathers Would Expect From Today's …
As the Fourth of July parade route bunting comes down and the backyard barbecue embers grow cold, American politics are heating up. «Forbes, Jul 15»

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