And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in showing that religion and Government will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together.
JAMES MADISONThat part of America which had encouraged them most had advanced most rapidly in population, agriculture and the arts.
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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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What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?
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Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.
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The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.
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Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.
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Commercial shackles are generally unjust, oppressive, and impolitic.
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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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A sincere and steadfast co-operation in promoting such a reconstruction of our political system as would provide for the permanent liberty and happiness of the United States.
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Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence.
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A well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people.
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They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against crafty and dangerous encroachments on the public liberty.
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The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.
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If we are to take for the criterion of truth the majority of suffrages, they ought to be gotten from those philosophic and patriotic citizens who cultivate their reason.
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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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In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.
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