The happy Union of these States is a wonder; their Constitution a miracle; their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world.
JAMES MADISONA 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.
More James Madison Quotes
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Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done.
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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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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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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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America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity.
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Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence.
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The protection of these faculties is the first object of government.
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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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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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The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy.
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War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government which is to reap its fruits.
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In no instance have… the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people.
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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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All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.
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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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