A man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them.
JAMES MADISONKnowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.
More James Madison Quotes
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The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.
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What spectacle can be more edifying or more seasonable, than that of Liberty and Learning, each leaning on the other for their mutual and surest support?
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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 purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe with blood for centuries.
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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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If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.
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To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea.
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Any reading not of a vicious species must be a good substitute for the amusements too apt to fill up the leisure of the labouring classes.
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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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The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.
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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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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.
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The personal right to acquire property, which is a natural right, gives to property, when acquired, a right to protection, as a social right.
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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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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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