Let me recommend the best medicine in the world: a long journey, at a mild season, through a pleasant country, in easy stages.
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.
More James Madison Quotes
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Philosophy is common sense with big words.
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In no instance have… the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people.
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And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in showing that religion and Government will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together.
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The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.
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What prudent merchant will hazard his fortunes in any new branch of commerce when he knows not that his plans may be rendered unlawful before they can be executed?
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In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.
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All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.
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The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.
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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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A man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them.
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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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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 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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Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.
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