James Madison on alarm
James Madison75 quotes“We are right to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties.”
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And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in showing that religion and Government will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together.
James MadisonJames Madison Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done.
James MadisonJames Madison The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.
James MadisonJames Madison The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.
James MadisonJames Madison The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted.
James MadisonJames Madison War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason.
James MadisonJames Madison The happy Union of these States is a wonder; their Constitution a miracle; their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world.
James MadisonJames Madison Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence.
James MadisonJames Madison In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.
James MadisonJames Madison 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 MadisonJames Madison Whenever a youth is ascertained to possess talents meriting an education which his parents cannot afford, he should be carried forward at the public expense.
James MadisonJames Madison The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.
James MadisonJames Madison I should not regret a fair and full trial of the entire abolition of capital punishment.
James MadisonJames Madison Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people.
James MadisonJames Madison 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.
James MadisonJames Madison The protection of these faculties is the first object of government.
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Once you turn 25 & above, you need not set the alarm. Your problems will wake you up in the morning.
AnonymousAnonymous That’s the purpose of stress. It’s a friend. It’s an alarm clock, built in to let you know that it’s time to do The Work.
Byron KatieByron Katie And the sound of my smile will be the alarm clock to your morning ears.
Tyler Knott GregsonTyler Knott Gregson The growth of the power of Athens, and the alarm which this inspired in Sparta, made war inevitable.
ThucydidesThucydides He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity.
Ambrose BierceAmbrose Bierce With a chemical alarm, you’re going to build one that is oversensitive because you would rather the alarm go off and give you a false alarm than to err on the other side
Norman SchwarzkopfNorman Schwarzkopf You will find the key to success under the alarm clock.
Benjamin FranklinBenjamin Franklin When the ordinary person hears the alarm, they think they have more time to sleep. They sleep well through the night.
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