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Charter Quotes by James Madison
- As the people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of…
- In Europe, charters of liberty have been granted by Power. In America ... charters of power [are] granted by liberty.
- In Europe, charters of liberty have been granted by power. America has set the example . . . of charters of power granted by liberty.…
- As compacts, charters of government are superior in obligation to all others, because they give effect to all others. As truths, none can be more…
- The citizens of the United States have peculiar motives to support the energy of their constitutional charters.
- The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government…
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