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Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done.

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The internal effects of a mutable policy poisons the blessings of liberty itself.
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I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.
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The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.
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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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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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Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.
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If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
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Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done.
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Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people.
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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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What prudent merchant will hazard his fortunes in any new branch of commerce when he knows not that his plans may be rendered unlawful before they can be executed?
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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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The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.
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There is no maxim, in my opinion, which is more liable to be misapplied, and which, therefore, more needs elucidation, than the current one, that the interest of the majority is the political standard of right and wrong.
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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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