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Abuse Quotes by James Madison
- I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power, than…
- The growing wealth aquired by them corporations never fails to be a source of abuses.
- It is very certain that [the commerce clause] grew out of the abuse of the power by the importing States in taxing the non-importing, and…
- The management of foreign relations appears to be the most susceptible of abuse of all the trusts committed to a Government, because they can be…
- Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.
- The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.
- To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and…
- History records that the money changers have used every form of abuse, intrigue, deceit, and violent means possible to maintain their control over governments by…
- The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may be a reflection on human nature, that such…
- On a candid examination of history, we shall find that turbulence, violence, and abuse of power, by the majority, trampling on the rights of the…
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