As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights.
JAMES MADISONLearned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people.
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Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.
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A man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them.
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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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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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They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against crafty and dangerous encroachments on the public liberty.
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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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If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
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All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.
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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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The protection of these faculties is the first object of government.
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In no instance have… the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people.
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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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Philosophy is common sense with big words.
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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 truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.
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