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Character Quotes by James Madison
- The characters and events depicted in the damn bible are fictitious. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
- With respect to the words "general welfare," I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them…
- 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…
- Outlets for the freed blacks are alone wanted for the erasure of the blot from our Republican character.
- But the mere circumstance of complexion cannot deprive them of the character of men.
- Respect for character is always diminished in proportion to the number among whom the blame or praise is to be divided.
- The belief in a God All Powerful wise and good, is so essential to the moral order of the world and to the happiness of…
- If justice, good faith, honor, gratitude and all the other qualities which enoble the character of a nation, and fulfill the ends of Government be…
- [Regarding legislative assemblies,] the number ought at most to be kept within a certain limit, in order to avoid the confusion and intemperance of a…
- [R]efusing or not refusing to execute a law to stamp it with its final character . . . makes the Judiciary department paramount in fact…
- The right of freely examining public characters and measures, and of free communication among the people thereon . . . has ever been justly deemed…
- Stability in government is essential to national character and to the advantages annexed to it, as well as to that repose and confidence in the…
More Character Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- All virtue is summed up in dealing justly. — Aristotle
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- One of my favorite things about 'Star Trek' wasn't just the overt banter but the humor in that show about the relationships… — J. J. Abrams
- My mom was such a strong character. I don't want to say she was like a man, but she was tough. — Lance Armstrong
- Casting ethnic characters is a very hard thing to do, but it's important. It's also interesting. — Darren Aronofsky
- You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters has to be real. — Victoria Abril
- I have always regarded Mr. Bean as a timeless, ageless character, and I would rather he be remembered as a character mostly… — Rowan Atkinson
- When I was doing Bean more than I've done him in the last few years, I did strange things - like appearing… — Rowan Atkinson