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" As long as the reason of man continues fallible, and he is at liberty to exercise it, different opinions will be formed. "
James Madison
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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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" I entirely concur in the propriety of resorting to the sense in which the Constitution was accepted and ratified by the nation. In that sense alone it is the legitimate Constitution. "
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" Each generation should be made to bear the burden of its own wars, instead of carrying them on, at the expense of other generations. "
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" What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? "
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" Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. "
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" Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power. "
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" The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home. "
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" Despotism can only exist in darkness, and there are too many lights now in the political firmament to permit it to remain anywhere, as it has heretofore done, almost everywhere. "
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" The capacity of the female mind for studies of the highest order cannot be doubted, having been sufficiently illustrated by its works of genius, of erudition, and of science. "
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" The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the state governments, in times of peace and security. "
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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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" 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. "
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People
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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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" 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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" The internal effects of a mutable policy poisons the blessings of liberty itself. "
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Policy
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" Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government. "
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" I should not regret a fair and full trial of the entire abolition of capital punishment. "
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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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" A man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them. "
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Angels
Were
" The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted. "
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Men
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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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" We are right to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties. "
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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 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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