Philosophy is common sense with big words.
JAMES MADISONLiberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.
More James Madison Quotes
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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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A man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them.
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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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As long as the reason of man continues fallible, and he is at liberty to exercise it, different opinions will be formed.
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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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All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.
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In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.
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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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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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A well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people.
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The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.
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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 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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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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Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise, every expanded prospect.
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