What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
[In the case of] dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I am proud to say that the Federalist Society was founded in part at the University of Chicago, and one of its… — Cass Sunstein Copy Share Image
Obama is now fighting for his life. He's fighting for a federal government. I believe in a federal government. I hope it… — Oliver Stone 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
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
But every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. We have been called by different names brethren of the same… — Thomas Jefferson 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
Conscience is the most sacred of all property; other property depending in part on positive law, the exercise of that being a… — James Madison Copy Share Image
So strong is this propensity of mankind to fall into mutual animosities, that where no substantial occasion presents itself, the most frivolous… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The goal of the World Federalists is peace through unity of government. We must support their vision of oneness in diversity, for… — Jean Stapleton Copy Share Image
A feeble executive implies a feeble execution of the government. A feeble execution is but another phrase for a bad execution; and… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
If your friend wishes to read your 'Plutarch's Lives,' 'Shakespeare,' or 'The Federalist Papers,' tell him gently but firmly, to buy a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Democracies have been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and in general been as short in their lives… — James Madison Copy Share Image
If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government… — James Madison Copy Share Image
It has been my pleasure to speak at many Federalist Society gatherings around the country, and I think one thing your organization… — Nadine Strossen 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
The die is cast in Canada: there are two ethnic and linguistic groups; each is too strong and too deeply rooted in… — Pierre Trudeau 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
The Federalist Society has made important contributions to the nation's understanding of our constitutional heritage. — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
An elective despotism was not the government we fought for, but one which should not only be founded on true free principles,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Can the real Constitution be restored? Probably not. Too many Americans depend on government money under programs the Constitution doesn't authorize, and… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the General Welfare, the Government is… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Our country, if you read the 'Federalist Papers,' is about disagreement. It's about pitting faction against faction, divided government, checks and balances.… — Jonah Goldberg Copy Share Image
When Jefferson and the Republicans rallied to the Union and to the existing Federalist organization, the fabric of traditional American democracy was… — Herbert Croly Copy Share Image
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