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.
JAMES MADISONEvery nation whose affairs betray a want of wisdom and stability may calculate on every loss which can be sustained from the more systematic policy of its wiser neighbors.
More James Madison Quotes
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The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.
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Let me recommend the best medicine in the world: a long journey, at a mild season, through a pleasant country, in easy stages.
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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 number, the industry, and the morality of the priesthood, and the devotion of the people have been manifestly increased by the total separation of the church from the state.
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They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against crafty and dangerous encroachments on the public liberty.
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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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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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Philosophy is common sense with big words.
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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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Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.
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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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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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If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
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Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.
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A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce, or a tragedy, or perhaps both.
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