I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.
JAMES MADISONIf Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.
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The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.
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I entirely concur in the propriety of resorting to the sense in which the Constitution was accepted and ratified by the nation. In that sense alone it is the legitimate Constitution.
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The protection of these faculties is the first object of government.
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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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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 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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The number, the industry, and the morality of the priesthood, and the devotion of the people have been manifestly increased by the total separation of the church from the state.
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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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The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.
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Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done.
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Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every 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 rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted.
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A man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them.
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