In no instance have… the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people.
JAMES MADISONThe means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.
More James Madison Quotes
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We are right to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties.
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The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.
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No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.
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Commercial shackles are generally unjust, oppressive, and impolitic.
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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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A man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them.
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That part of America which had encouraged them most had advanced most rapidly in population, agriculture and the arts.
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The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the state governments, in times of peace and security.
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All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.
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Philosophy is common sense with big words.
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To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea.
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As long as the reason of man continues fallible, and he is at liberty to exercise it, different opinions will be formed.
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Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.
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What spectacle can be more edifying or more seasonable, than that of Liberty and Learning, each leaning on the other for their mutual and surest support?
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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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