James Madison
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“Every nation whose affairs betray a want of wisdom and stability may calculate on every loss which can be sustained from the more systematic policy of its wiser neighbors.” -James Madison
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“War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason.” -James Madison
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“If we are to take for the criterion of truth the majority of suffrages, they ought to be gotten from those philosophic and patriotic citizens who cultivate their reason.” -James Madison
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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.” -James Madison
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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.” -James Madison
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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.” -James Madison
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“In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.” -James Madison
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“Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.” -James Madison
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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.” -James Madison
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“What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.” -James Madison
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“The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.” -James Madison
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“All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.” -James Madison
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“What spectacle can be more edifying or more seasonable, than that of Liberty and Learning, each leaning on the other for their mutual and surest support?” -James Madison
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“The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.” -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.” -James Madison
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“Perhaps it is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad.” -James Madison
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“A sincere and steadfast co-operation in promoting such a reconstruction of our political system as would provide for the permanent liberty and happiness of the United States.” -James Madison
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“In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed and in the next place oblige it to control itself.” -James Madison
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“Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.” -James Madison
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“If men were angels, no government would be necessary.” -James Madison
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“No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.” -James Madison
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“The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy.” -James Madison
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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.” -James Madison
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“A man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them.” -James Madison
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“Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against crafty and dangerous encroachments on the public liberty.” -James Madison
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To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression. – James Madison
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