Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.
JAMES MADISONAnd 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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It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.
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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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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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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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Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people.
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All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.
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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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In no instance have… the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people.
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Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.
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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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War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason.
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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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Whenever a youth is ascertained to possess talents meriting an education which his parents cannot afford, he should be carried forward at the public expense.
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