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Both Quotes by James Madison
- It is the duty of every man to render to the Creator such homage and such only as he believes to be acceptable to him.…
- It is due to justice; due to humanity; due to truth; due to the sympathies of our nature; in fine, to our character as a…
- The settled opinion here is that religion is essentially distinct from Civil Govt. and exempt from its cognizance; that a connection between them is injurious…
- There is in every breast a sensibility to marks of honor, of favor, of esteem, and of confidence, which, apart from all considerations of interest,…
- No man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause . . . . With equal, nay with greater reason, bodies of men,…
- The proposed constitution, therefore, even when tested by the rules laid down by its antagonists, is, in strictness, neither a national nor a federal constitution;…
- 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…
- In civilized communities, property as well as personal rights are the essential object of the laws, which encourage industry by securing the enjoyment of its…
- It is not certain that with this aid alone [possession of arms], they would not be able to shake off their yokes. But were the…
- The proposed Constitution is, in strictness, neither a national nor a federal constitution; but a composition of both.
- That the foundation of our national policy should be laid in private morality. If individuals be not influenced by moral principles, it is in vain…
- Is the appointment of Chaplains to the two Houses of Congress consistent with the Constitution, and with the pure principle of religious freedom? In strictness…
- Toleration is not the opposite of intolerance, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding…
- In a free Government, the security for civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights. It consists in the one case in…
- And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in showing that religion and Government will both…
- Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise.... During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been…
- A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce, or a tragedy, or perhaps both.
- During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What has been its fruits? More or less, in all places, pride…
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- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- That said, the question remains: how to strike the balance between free speech and mutual respect in this mixed-up world, both blessed… — Timothy Garton Ash
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
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- Science and fiction both begin with similar questions: What if? Why? How does it all work? But they focus on different areas… — Margaret Atwood
- Perhaps Communists had wormed their way so deeply into our government on both the working and planning levels that they were able… — Mark W. Clark
- Meditation is not contemplation because it is not thinking at all - consistent, inconsistent, crazy, sane. It is not thinking at all;… — Rajneesh
- Conversation with a friend will only bear good fruit of knowledge when both think only of the matter under consideration and forget… — Friedrich Nietzsche