If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
JAMES MADISONWhere an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions.
More James Madison Quotes
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A man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them.
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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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I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.
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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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What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?
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The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.
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America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity.
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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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The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.
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The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government hold their power, is derived.
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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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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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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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Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people.
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Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.
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