The capacity of the female mind for studies of the highest order cannot be doubted, having been sufficiently illustrated by its works of genius, of erudition, and of science.
JAMES MADISONAs a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights.
More James Madison Quotes
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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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Americans have the right and advantage of being armed – unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.
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Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence.
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The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government hold their power, is derived.
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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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To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea.
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The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.
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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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A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce, or a tragedy, or perhaps both.
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The happy Union of these States is a wonder; their Constitution a miracle; their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world.
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The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.
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Any reading not of a vicious species must be a good substitute for the amusements too apt to fill up the leisure of the labouring classes.
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Each generation should be made to bear the burden of its own wars, instead of carrying them on, at the expense of other generations.
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As long as the reason of man continues fallible, and he is at liberty to exercise it, different opinions will be formed.
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I have no doubt but that the misery of the lower classes will be found to abate whenever the Government assumes a freer aspect and the laws favor a subdivision of Property.
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