The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.
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.
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The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.
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Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.
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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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In no instance have… the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people.
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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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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 happy Union of these States is a wonder; their Constitution a miracle; their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world.
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The protection of these faculties is the first object of government.
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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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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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Commercial shackles are generally unjust, oppressive, and impolitic.
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Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.
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It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.
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Whenever a youth is ascertained to possess talents meriting an education which his parents cannot afford, he should be carried forward at the public expense.
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A man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them.
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