War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government which is to reap its fruits.
JAMES MADISONWhat 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?
More James Madison Quotes
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A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person.
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All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.
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The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.
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The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe with blood for centuries.
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If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
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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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The internal effects of a mutable policy poisons the blessings of liberty itself.
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Any reading not of a vicious species must be a good substitute for the amusements too apt to fill up the leisure of the labouring classes.
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Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.
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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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The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.
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It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad.
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Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence.
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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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And 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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