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.
JAMES MADISONEach 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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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 Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.
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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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Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions.
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The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy.
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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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In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.
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All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.
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The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war.
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Philosophy is common sense with big words.
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America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity.
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Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done.
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Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.
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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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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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