Every nation whose affairs betray a want of wisdom and stability may calculate on every loss which can be sustained from the more systematic policy of its wiser neighbors.
JAMES MADISONAll 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.
More James Madison Quotes
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The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.
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Let me recommend the best medicine in the world: a long journey, at a mild season, through a pleasant country, in easy stages.
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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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The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.
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We are right to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties.
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The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.
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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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To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.
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In no instance have… the churches been guardians of the liberties of the 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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Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise, every expanded prospect.
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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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If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.
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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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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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