The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.
JAMES MADISONA man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them.
More James Madison Quotes
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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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We are right to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties.
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I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.
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America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity.
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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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Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise, every expanded prospect.
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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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All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.
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Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence.
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Despotism can only exist in darkness, and there are too many lights now in the political firmament to permit it to remain anywhere, as it has heretofore done, almost everywhere.
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Philosophy is common sense with big words.
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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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If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
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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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Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.
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