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23 United states quotes by James Madison

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Madison’s thoughts on the fledgling republic appear in twenty‑three passages. They trace his concern for balance, liberty and the mechanics that still shape the United States today.

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Among the features peculiar to the political system of the United States, is the perfect equality of rights which it secures to…

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The number of individuals employed under the Constitution of the United States will be much smaller than the number employed under the…

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No power over the freedom of religion [is] delegated to the United States by the Constitution.

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The citizens of the United States have peculiar motives to support the energy of their constitutional charters.

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[N]o religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.

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A sincere and steadfast co-operation in promoting such a reconstruction of our political system as would provide for the permanent liberty and…

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The Constitution of the United States was created by the people of the United States composing the respective states, who alone had…

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This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which…

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The government of the United States is a definite government, confined to specified objects. It is not like the state governments, whose…

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Resolved, That the General Assembly of Virginia, doth unequivocally express a firm resolution to maintain and defend the Constitution of the United…

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Strongly guarded as is the separation between Religion and Government in the Constitution of the United States, the danger of encroachment by…

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You give me a credit to which I have no claim in calling me "the writer of the Constitution of the United…

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As the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial departments of the United States are co-ordinate, and each equally bound to support the Constitution, it…

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To the Baptist Churches on Neal's Greek on Black Creek, North Carolina I have received, fellow-citizens, your address, approving my objection to…

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Because the bill in reserving a certain parcel of land in the United States for the use of said Baptist Church comprises…

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Among the features peculiar to the political system of the United States, is the perfect equality of rights which it secures to…

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The experience of the United States is a happy disproof of the error so long rooted in the unenlightened minds of well…

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I think it absolutely necessary that the President should have the power of removing his subordinates from office; it will make him,…

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As the people of the United States enjoy the great merit of having established a system of Government on the basis of…

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[T]he bill exceeds the rightful authority to which governments are limited by the essential distinction between civil and religious functions, and violates…

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If there be a principle that ought not to be questioned within the United States, it is that every man has a…

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There is not a more important and fundamental principle in legislation, than that the ways and means ought always to face the…

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There is one view of the subject which ought to have its influence on those who espouse doctrines which strike at the…

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Rulers who wished to subvert the public liberty, may have found an established Clergy convenient auxiliaries. A just Government instituted to secure & perpetuate…

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The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments…

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How could a readiness for war in time of peace be safely prohibited, unless we could prohibit, in like manner, the preparations and establishments…

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The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, selfappointed,…

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It is certain that every class is interested in [educational] establishments which give to the human mind its highest improvements, and to every Country…

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Since it is impossible for the people spontaneously and universally, to move in concert towards their object; and it is therefore essential, that such…

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The definition of the right of suffrage is very justly regarded as a fundamental article of republican government.

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The future and success of America is not in this Constitution, but in the laws of God upon which this Constitution is founded.

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They can make no law which will not have its full operation on themselves and their friends, as well as on the great mass…

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The effect of a representative democracy is to refine and enlarge the public views, by passing them through the medium of a chosen body…

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“... But besides the danger of a direct mixture of Religion & civil Government , there is an evil which ought to be guarded…

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Although all men are born free, slavery has been the general lot of the human race. Ignorant--they have been cheated; asleep--they have been surprised;…

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