Commercial shackles are generally unjust, oppressive, and impolitic.
JAMES MADISONNo nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.
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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 well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people.
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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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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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Philosophy is common sense with big words.
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If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
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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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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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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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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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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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A man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them.
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All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.
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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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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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