All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.
JAMES MADISONThe 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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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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In no instance have… the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people.
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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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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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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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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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A man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them.
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Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done.
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The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.
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Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.
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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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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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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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All that seems indispensible in stating the account between the dead and the living, is to see that the debts against the latter do not exceed the advances made by the former.
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The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.
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