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Chosen Quotes by James Madison
- 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…
- 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…
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- To those who have chosen the profession of medicine, a knowledge of chemistry, and of some branches of natural history, and, indeed,… — Charles Babbage
- There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we… — Richard Bach
- My chosen exercise is cycling. I just love it. — Eric Bana
- To be selected was an honor, and in respect of the family member chosen to run, families held feasts and gave away… — Dennis Banks
- Why have I been chosen to deliver the message of female intelligence and its divinity to a deaf world of males? I… — Roseanne Barr
- Jews have God's promise and if we Christians have it, too, then it is only as those chosen with them, as guests… — Karl Barth
- Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man… — Joseph Addison
- Fanaticism comes from any form of chosen blindness accompanying the pursuit of a single dogma. — John Berger
- Emigration, forced or chosen, across national frontiers or from village to metropolis, is the quintessential experience of our time. — John Berger