“Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.”
— James Madison
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Category: power
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In Republics, the great danger is, that
“In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.”
— James Madison
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I believe there are more instances of
“I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.”
— James Madison
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The happy Union of these States is
“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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The executive has no right, in any
“The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war.”
— James Madison
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Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a
“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.”
— James Madison
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Category: government
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It will be of little avail to
“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.”
— James Madison
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And I have no doubt that every
“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.”
— James Madison
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War contains so much folly, as well
“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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Category: war
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If we are to take for the
“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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Every nation whose affairs betray a want
“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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Category: wisdom
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