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.
JAMES MADISONEach 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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Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.
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All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.
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The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war.
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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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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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Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise, every expanded prospect.
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War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason.
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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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Philosophy is common sense with big words.
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In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.
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What prudent merchant will hazard his fortunes in any new branch of commerce when he knows not that his plans may be rendered unlawful before they can be executed?
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As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights.
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The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.
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No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.
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Let me recommend the best medicine in the world: a long journey, at a mild season, through a pleasant country, in easy stages.
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