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.
JAMES MADISONThe 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 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.
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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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There is no maxim, in my opinion, which is more liable to be misapplied, and which, therefore, more needs elucidation, than the current one, that the interest of the majority is the political standard of right and wrong.
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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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America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity.
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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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Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.
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We are right to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties.
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I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.
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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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Philosophy is common sense with big words.
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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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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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No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.
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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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