I should not regret a fair and full trial of the entire abolition of capital punishment.
JAMES MADISONAny reading not of a vicious species must be a good substitute for the amusements too apt to fill up the leisure of the labouring classes.
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All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.
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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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The internal effects of a mutable policy poisons the blessings of liberty itself.
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All that seems indispensible in stating the account between the dead and the living, is to see that the debts against the latter do not exceed the advances made by the former.
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The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted.
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Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other.
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Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence.
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It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad.
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The protection of these faculties is the first object of government.
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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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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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Any reading not of a vicious species must be a good substitute for the amusements too apt to fill up the leisure of the labouring classes.
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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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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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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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