I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.
JAMES MADISON
The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the state governments, in times of peace and security.
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I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.
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That part of America which had encouraged them most had advanced most rapidly in population, agriculture and the arts.
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The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.
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Philosophy is common sense with big words.
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The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted.
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The personal right to acquire property, which is a natural right, gives to property, when acquired, a right to protection, as a social right.
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The protection of these faculties is the first object of government.
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Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise, every expanded prospect.
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By rendering the labor of one, the property of the other, they cherish pride, luxury, and vanity on one side; on the other, vice and servility, or hatred and revolt.
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They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against crafty and dangerous encroachments on the public liberty.
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It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.
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In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.
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The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.
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The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy.
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