The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to an uniformity of interests.
JAMES MADISONThe 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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Philosophy is common sense with big words.
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The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.
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We are right to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties.
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I have no doubt but that the misery of the lower classes will be found to abate whenever the Government assumes a freer aspect and the laws favor a subdivision of Property.
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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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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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All that seems indispensible in stating the account between the dead and the living, is to see that the debts against the latter do not exceed the advances made by the former.
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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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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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A well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people.
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All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.
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Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people.
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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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That part of America which had encouraged them most had advanced most rapidly in population, agriculture and the arts.
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