The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.
JAMES MADISONThe rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted.
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Despotism can only exist in darkness, and there are too many lights now in the political firmament to permit it to remain anywhere, as it has heretofore done, almost everywhere.
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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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All that seems indispensible in stating the account between the dead and the living, is to see that the debts against the latter do not exceed the advances made by the former.
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All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.
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If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
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The number, the industry, and the morality of the priesthood, and the devotion of the people have been manifestly increased by the total separation of the church from the state.
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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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It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad.
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A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is the best most natural defense of a free country.
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In no instance have… the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people.
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The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.
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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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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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Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise, every expanded prospect.
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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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