...[V]igor of government is essential to the security of liberty... — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The legislative department is everywhere extending the sphere of its activity and drawing all power into its impetuous vortex. — James Madison Copy Share Image
A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty. — James Madison Copy Share Image
What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? — James Madison Copy Share Image
Wherever the real power in a Government lies, there is the danger of oppression. — James Madison Copy Share Image
While a truly national third party wouldn't necessarily be bad, smaller niche parties are ill-suited to our federalist system. — William M. Daley Copy Share Image
Every day, we publish articles at 'The Federalist' with which I disagree. — Ben Domenech Copy Share Image
To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms... — Richard Henry Lee Copy Share Image
The Federalist Society has done more for the health of the law than any organization I have witnessed in my career. — Robert Bork Copy Share Image
I am the happiest person I've ever met. This is what Buddhist Yoga and a healthy dose of reading the Declaration of… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
[T]here is not a syllable in the plan under consideration which directly empowers the national courts to construe the laws according to… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
It is of great importance in a republic, not only to guard the society against the oppression of its rulers; but to… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Jose Vasconcelos, Mexico's great federalist and apologist, has coined a wonderful term, la raza cósmica, "the cosmic race," a new people having… — Richard Rodriguez Copy Share Image
I was told that Federalist Society conventions were intellectually serious, courteous, and open to various points of view, and that has certainly… — Sanford Levinson Copy Share Image
There is really quite an inherent danger in the traditional British view that the council of ministers and inter-governmentalism is your protection… — Gisela Stuart Copy Share Image
It is the duty of every man to render to the Creator such homage and such only as he believes to be… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The invasion of private rights is chiefly to be apprehended, not from acts of Government contrary to the sense of its constituents,… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“What is the Liberty of the Press? Who can give it any definition which does not leave the utmost latitude for evasion?… — David Alan Corbin Copy Share Image
Pope John Paul II himself was kind of a rather independent, creative man. I remember being told by somebody who worked very… — Chris Matthews Copy Share Image
In war, too, the discretionary power of the Executive is extended; its influence in dealing out offices, honors, and emoluments is multiplied;… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Hence it is that such democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I go further, and affirm that bills of rights, in the sense and to the extent in which they are contended for,… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
It is not certain that with this aid alone [possession of arms], they would not be able to shake off their yokes.… — James Madison Copy Share Image
In The Federalist, James Madison called the rage for equality 'a wicked project.' People differ and rewards differ-that's the essence of both… — Michael Novak Copy Share Image
The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may be a reflection on human… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“through the transcript. Some colleagues, at least, found the whole exercise droll. Fisher Ames, a Federalist” — Michael Waldman Copy Share Image
In a free government the security for civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights. — James Madison Copy Share Image
Those who hold and those who are without property have ever formed distinct interests in society. — James Madison Copy Share Image
The Federalists also used bribes, intimidation, and fraud against opponents of the Constitution. — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
“In politics [Francis Marion] was a moderate federalist; such as were many great revolutionary characters.” — William Dobein James Copy Share Image
The Federalist Society has made important contributions to the nation's understanding of our constitutional heritage. — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
It is our policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world. — George Washington Copy Share Image
'The Federalist' is a small staff, and our close-knit family of senior contributors outwork our competition because of that closeness. — Ben Domenech Copy Share Image
The most common and durable source of faction has been the various and unequal distribution of property. — James Madison Copy Share Image
The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered as the palladium of the liberties of a… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
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