What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?
JAMES MADISONThe 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.
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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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The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.
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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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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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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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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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Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise, every expanded prospect.
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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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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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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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America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity.
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Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.
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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.
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A man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them.
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