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.
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.
More James Madison Quotes
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Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.
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Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.
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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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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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No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.
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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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The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted.
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The capacity of the female mind for studies of the highest order cannot be doubted, having been sufficiently illustrated by its works of genius, of erudition, and of science.
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That part of America which had encouraged them most had advanced most rapidly in population, agriculture and the arts.
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The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.
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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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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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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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Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done.
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In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.
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