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.
JAMES MADISONThe rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted.
More James Madison Quotes
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If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
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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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Philosophy is common sense with big words.
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Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.
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America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity.
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A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person.
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The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government hold their power, is derived.
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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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Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence.
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A man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them.
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In no instance have… the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people.
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The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe with blood for centuries.
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Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.
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The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to an uniformity of interests.
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A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce, or a tragedy, or perhaps both.
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