Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.
JAMES MADISONThe rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted.
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All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.
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The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.
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Let me recommend the best medicine in the world: a long journey, at a mild season, through a pleasant country, in easy stages.
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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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The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted.
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No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.
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America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity.
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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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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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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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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 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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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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Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.
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