The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted.
JAMES MADISONThe protection of these faculties is the first object of government.
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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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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 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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If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
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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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What spectacle can be more edifying or more seasonable, than that of Liberty and Learning, each leaning on the other for their mutual and surest support?
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Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people.
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All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.
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Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.
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A sincere and steadfast co-operation in promoting such a reconstruction of our political system as would provide for the permanent liberty and happiness of the United States.
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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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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 protection of these faculties is the first object of government.
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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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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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