Tag: James Madison
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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.
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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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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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.
James Madison
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Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise, every expanded prospect.
James Madison
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America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity. That part of America which had encouraged them most had advanced most rapidly in population, agriculture and the arts.
James Madison
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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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If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.
James Madison
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If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
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