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Cases Quotes by James Madison
- The infant periods of most nations are buried in silence or veiled in fable; and the world perhaps has lost but little which it needs…
- 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 sober people of America are weary of the fluctuating policy which has directed the public councils. They have seen with regret and indignation that…
- At first view it might seem not to square with the republican theory, to suppose either that a majority have not the right, or that…
- 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,…
- [In a democracy] a common passion or interest will, in almost every case , be felt by a majority of the whole; a communication and…
- Attempts to enforce by legal sanctions, acts obnoxious to so great a proportion of Citizens, tend to enervate the laws in general, and to slacken…
- What is to be the consequence, in case the Congress shall misconstrue this part [the necessary and proper clause] of the Constitution and exercise powers…
- In suits at common law, trial by jury in civil cases is as essential to secure the liberty of the people as any one of…
- Who does not see that . . . the same authority which can force a citizen to contribute three pence only of his property for…
- [In the case of] dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right, and…
- 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…
- The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war.
More Cases Quotes
- I think in the case of horror, it's a chance to confront a lot of your worse fears and those fears usually… — Adam Arkin
- We keep putting on programmes about famine in Ethiopia; that's what's happening. Too many people there. They can't support themselves - and… — David Attenborough
- Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to the inner life what choice of action… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels. — Jane Austen
- I was opposed to the U.S. involvement in Libya from the very start. President Obama has never made a compelling national security… — Michele Bachmann
- They credited us with the birth of that sort of heavy metal thing. Well, if that's the case, there should be an… — Ginger Baker
- Pride in the case of a rich man is bad, but pride in the case of a poor man is worse. — Abu Bakr
- It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have. — James A. Baldwin
- The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to hang a… — John Adams
- Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for them… — Dave Barry
- To achieve some depth in your field requires a lot of sacrifices. Want to or not, you're thinking about what you're doing… — Mikhail Baryshnikov
- Just as we would have no need of the farmer's labor and toil if we were living amid the delights of paradise,… — Saint Basil