Charlton Heston, thirty years ago speaking on behalf of a Republican candidate, saying this.
We have to get back to the values and perceptions of those wise old dead white guys who invented this country.
His response to the woke hassling he got for saying it is priceless.
Let’s see now, they were wise, they were old, they’re dead, they were white guys, and they invented this country. Which word in that sentence don’t you understand?
That certainly describes Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Adams, Hamilton, and Madison, the architects of our republic. Scott Johnson of Power Line posts the quotes.
A possible quibble: Jefferson wasn't especially old when he wrote the Declaration of Independence.
