I should not regret a fair and full trial of the entire abolition of capital punishment.
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?
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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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In no instance have… the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people.
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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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By rendering the labor of one, the property of the other, they cherish pride, luxury, and vanity on one side; on the other, vice and servility, or hatred and revolt.
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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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As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights.
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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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In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.
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Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence.
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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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No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.
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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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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 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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If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
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