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Affairs Quotes by James Madison
- It is a misfortune, inseparable from human affairs, that public measures are rarely investigated with that spirit of moderation which is essential to a just…
- The public affairs of the union are spread throughout a very extensive region, and are extremely diversified by the local affairs connected with them, and…
- This policy of supplying by opposite and rival interests, the defect of better motives, might be traced through the whole system of human affairs, both…
- We may be assured by past experience, that such a practice [as some states charging high taxes on goods from other states] would be introduced…
- 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…
- Every nation whose affairs betray a want of wisdom and stability may calculate on every loss which can be sustained from the more systematic policy…
- The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are…
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- The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more it has gained in reputation and appeal… — Hannah Arendt
- The proportion between the velocity with which men or animals move, and the weights they carry, is a matter of considerable importance,… — Charles Babbage
- The humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign affairs as part of his program of world service. — Irving Babbitt
- Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane. — Honore de Balzac
- I wanted to be a neurologist. That seemed to be the most difficult, most intriguing, and the most important aspect of medicine,… — Roger Bannister
- Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs… — Saint Basil
- Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly be satisfied and no one can be… — Arnold Bennett
- I started my music career at 18 and for a long while I let other people handle my affairs. — Sophie Ellis Bextor
- Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured. — Ambrose Bierce
- Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. — Ambrose Bierce
- A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others. — Ambrose Bierce
- Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they are unfortunate,… — Aeschylus