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Best Quotes by James Madison
- The best service that can be rendered to a Country, next to that of giving it liberty, is in diffusing the mental improvement equally essential…
- The liberal appropriations made by the legislature of Kentucky for a general system of education cannot be too much applauded . . . . Learned…
- It may not be easy, in every possible case, to trace the line of separation between the rights of religion and the Civil authority with…
- The effect of a representative democracy is to refine and enlarge the public views, by passing them through the medium of a chosen body of…
- [T]he delegation of the government, in [a republic], to a small number of citizens elected by the rest . . . [is] to refine and…
- A good government implies two things: first, fidelity to the object of government, which is the happiness of the people; secondly, a knowledge of the…
- The best reason to be assigned, in this case, for not having made the Constitution more free from a charge of uncertainty in its meaning,…
- 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…
- Among the features peculiar to the political system of the United States, is the perfect equality of rights which it secures to every religious sectEqual…
- On the distinctive principles of the Government ... of the U. States, the best guides are to be found in ... The Declaration of Independence,…
- The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy.…
- Freedom arises from a multiplicity of sects, which pervades America, and is the best and only security for religious liberty in America.
- A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is the best most natural defense of a free country.
- Let me recommend the best medicine in the world: a long journey, at a mild season, through a pleasant country, in easy stages.
- Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against…
- Equal laws protecting equal rights…the best guarantee of loyalty and love of country.
- Disarm the people- that is the best and most effective way to enslave them.
- A good government implies two things: fidelity to the object of government, which is the happiness of the people; secondly, a knowledge of the means…
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- Hope is a waking dream. — Aristotle
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle
- It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken. — Aristotle
- Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least… — Aristotle
- Education is the best provision for old age. — Aristotle
- If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when… — Aristotle