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.
JAMES MADISONThe 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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Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence.
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Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other.
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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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If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
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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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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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A man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them.
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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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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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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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The happy Union of these States is a wonder; their Constitution a miracle; their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world.
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A well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people.
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If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.
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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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