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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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As long as the reason of man continues fallible, and he is at liberty to exercise it, different opinions will be formed.
JAMES MADISON

Continue Excercise Fallible Hope Liberty Long Reason
All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.
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Certain Degree Distrusted Men Ought Powe
The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war.
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Case Decide Declare Executive Question Right War
There is no maxim, in my opinion, which is more liable to be misapplied, and which, therefore, more needs elucidation, than the current one, that the interest of the majority is the political standard of right and wrong.
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Elucidation Liable Maxim Misappled More Need Opinion Therefore
The protection of these faculties is the first object of government.
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Faculty First Government Object Protection
The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.
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All Men Mistrust Ought Power Truth
A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce, or a tragedy, or perhaps both.
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Acquire Farce Government Information Mean Popular Prologue Tragedy
The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.
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Better Circulation Confidence Money
Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence.
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Beget Confidence Religion Sentiment Surprise Union
If we are to take for the criterion of truth the majority of suffrages, they ought to be gotten from those philosophic and patriotic citizens who cultivate their reason.
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Criterion Gotten Majority Philosophic Suffrage Take Truth Ught
A sincere and steadfast co-operation in promoting such a reconstruction of our political system as would provide for the permanent liberty and happiness of the United States.
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Cooperation Political Promotion Reconstruction Sincere Steadfast System
War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason.
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Contain Folly Hope Progress Reason Well Wickedness
That part of America which had encouraged them most had advanced most rapidly in population, agriculture and the arts.
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Advance Agriculture Art Country Most Part Population Rapid
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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Encroachment Liberty Mind Public Security Soil Throw Treasure
We are right to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties.
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Alarm Experiment First Liberty Right
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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Advantage Arm Being Citizen Country Government People Right Trust

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