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.
JAMES MADISONAmerica was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity.
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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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Commercial shackles are generally unjust, oppressive, and impolitic.
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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 diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to an uniformity of interests.
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Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence.
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War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason.
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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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All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.
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No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.
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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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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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If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
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Philosophy is common sense with big words.
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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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