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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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A man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them.
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Communication Free Man Opinion Property
Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people.
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Favourite Free Institution Learn Object Ought People
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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Danger Extensive Federal Government Important Most Operation Time War
The internal effects of a mutable policy poisons the blessings of liberty itself.
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Bless Effect Internal Itself Liberty Mutable Policy
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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Authority Declare Fruit Government Real Support Treasure
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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Proprietor Accept Concur Constitution Entire Resort Sense
A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is the best most natural defense of a free country.
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Arm Best Body Compose Defense Militia Most Natural People Regulated Trained
The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy.
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Citizen Class Food Independent Mostly Own Provide Raiment True View
Philosophy is common sense with big words.
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Big Common Philosophy Sense Word
The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.
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Abuse Essence Government Hand Human Liable Lodge Must Power
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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Criterion Gotten Majority Philosophic Suffrage Take Truth Ught
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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Ascertain Education Expense Forward Meet Posses Public Talent Youth
Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.
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Forever Govern Governor Knowledge Mean Own People Power Themselves
The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted.
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Government Institute Object Person Property Protection Right
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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Abate Assume Class Doubt Found Government Misery
The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war.
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Case Decide Declare Executive Question Right War
As long as the reason of man continues fallible, and he is at liberty to exercise it, different opinions will be formed.
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Continue Excercise Fallible Hope Liberty Long Reason
No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.
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Continual Freedom Midst National Preserve Warfare
In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.
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Administered Control Enable First Frame Government Men Over
Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done.
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Done Generally Interest Power Wrong
Commercial shackles are generally unjust, oppressive, and impolitic.
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Commercial Communication Free Generally Shackles
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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Charge Danger Home Liberty Loss Provision Rank Truth Universal
If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
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Angel Government Men Necessary
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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Advantage Arm Being Citizen Country Government People Right Trust
Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.
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Ambition Counteract Made
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?
JAMES MADISON

Branch Commerce Hazard Merchant Plan Prudent Unlawful
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.
JAMES MADISON

Amde Avail Choice Law Little Men Own

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