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Civil Society 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.…
- The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man; and we see them everywhere brought into different degrees of activity, according…
- Security against foreign danger is one of the primitive objects of civil society. It is an avowed and essential object of the American Union.
- No man will subject himself to the ridicule of pretending that any natural connection subsists between the sun or the seasons, and the period within…
- Before any man can be considered as a member of Civil Society, he must be considered as a subject of the Governour of the Universe:…
- Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be…
- In a free government the security for civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights. ...under the republican forms [of government], for…
- 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…
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- Standards of conduct appropriate to civil society or the workings of a democracy cannot be purely and simply applied to the Church. — Pope Benedict XVI
- Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the… — Edmund Burke
- I was in civil society long before I was ever in politics or my husband was ever even elected president. — Hillary Clinton
- Civil liberty is only natural liberty, modified and secured by the sanctions of civil society. — Alexander Hamilton
- Nor was civil society founded merely to preserve the lives of its members; but that they might live well: for otherwise a… — Aristotle
- If we are to make poverty history, we must have the active participation of States, civil society and the private sector, as… — Kofi Annan
- It is the duty of every man to render to the Creator such homage and such only as he believes to be… — James Madison
- That all persons living in this province, who confess and acknowledge the one Almighty and eternal God, to be the Creator, Upholder… — William Penn
- Business, labor and civil society organizations have skills and resources that are vital in helping to build a more robust global community. — Kofi Annan
- The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man; and we see them everywhere brought into different degrees… — James Madison
- Religion and morality are the essential pillars of civil society. — George Washington