The happy Union of these States is a wonder; their Constitution a miracle; their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world.
JAMES MADISONAll men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.
More James Madison Quotes
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Philosophy is common sense with big words.
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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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The protection of these faculties is the first object of government.
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No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.
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War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government which is to reap its fruits.
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Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people.
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If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
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What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?
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The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.
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Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done.
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A sincere and steadfast co-operation in promoting such a reconstruction of our political system as would provide for the permanent liberty and happiness of the United States.
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I entirely concur in the propriety of resorting to the sense in which the Constitution was accepted and ratified by the nation. In that sense alone it is the legitimate Constitution.
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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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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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Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.
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