At the Constitutional Convention, the founders sought to create a strong executive but check its powers.

This is precisely the kind of authoritarian tyranny the founders sought to avoid.

Today, the skills the Academy's founders sought to preserve are in great demand, particularly the ability to draw, paint and sculpture the human figure.

The nation's founders sought in various creative ways to create checks and balances, both inside and outside government.

Its founders sought to maximize happiness and minimize violent disruption.

Even more, the theater's founders have sought to create an environment where everyone can feel welcome in any season.

The country's largely secular founders sought to replace religious identity with nationalist symbols.

Under the trust deed, the founders sought to preserve the park in perpetuity.

The founders sought to prevent the establishment of an official state church.

In practice, however, the founders seek 90 percent agreement.