The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.
JAMES MADISONNo nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.
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As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights.
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To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.
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A man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them.
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America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity.
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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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All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.
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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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I should not regret a fair and full trial of the entire abolition of capital punishment.
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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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The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.
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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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The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.
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The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.
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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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Americans have the right and advantage of being armed – unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.
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