Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.
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 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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That part of America which had encouraged them most had advanced most rapidly in population, agriculture and the arts.
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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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In no instance have… the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people.
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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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War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason.
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America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity.
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I entirely concur in the propriety of resorting to the sense in which the Constitution was accepted and ratified by the nation. In that sense alone it is the legitimate Constitution.
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We are right to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties.
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Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence.
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Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done.
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Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.
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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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The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.
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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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