The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war.
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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What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?
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The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.
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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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Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done.
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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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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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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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Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.
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To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.
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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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I should not regret a fair and full trial of the entire abolition of capital punishment.
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The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.
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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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No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.
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