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> [To refer the power in question to the clause "to provide for the common defense and general welfare" would be contrary to the established and consistent rules of interpretation, as rendering the special and careful enumeration of powers which follow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/to-refer-the-power-in-question-to-the-clause-to-provide-for-the/)

[James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-madison/)

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> [The people can never willfully betray their own interests: But they may possibly be betrayed by the representatives of the people; and the danger will be evidently greater where the whole legislative trust is lodged in the hands of one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/the-people-can-never-willfully-betray-their-own-interests-but-they/)

[James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-madison/)

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