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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. "
James Madison
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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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" The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty. "
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