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.
JAMES MADISONAs 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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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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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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If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.
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Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.
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The internal effects of a mutable policy poisons the blessings of liberty itself.
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What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?
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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 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 circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.
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If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
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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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America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity.
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A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person.
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Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.
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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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