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It yet remains a problem to be solved in human affairs, whether any free government can be permanent, where the public worship…
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[I]t is impossible for those, who believe in the truth of Christianity, as a divine revelation, to doubt, that it is the…
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One of the ordinary modes, by which tyrants accomplish their purposes without resistance, is, by disarming the people, and making it an…
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The militia is the natural defense of a free country against sudden foreign invasions, domestic insurrections, and domestic usurpations of power by…
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Temporary delusions, prejudices, excitements, and objects have irresistible influence in mere questions of policy. And the policy of one age may ill…
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Piety, religion, and morality are intimately connected with the well being of that state, and indispensable to the administration of civil justice.
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Let the American youth never forget, that they possess a noble inheritance, bought by the toils, and sufferings, and blood of their…
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Constitutions are not designed for metaphysical or logical subtleties, for niceties of expression, for critical propriety, for elaborate shades of meaning, or…
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[The necessary and proper clause] neither enlarges any power specifically granted; nor is it a grant of any new power to Congress;…
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So that the executive and legislative branches of the national government depend upon, and emanate from the states. Every where the state…
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The state governments have a full superintendence and control over the immense mass of local interests of their respective states, which connect…
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In the next place, the state governments are, by the very theory of the constitution, essential constituent parts of the general government.…
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We remain at peace with all nations, and no efforts on my part consistent with the preservation of our rights and the…
— Martin Van Buren
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As the people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the…
— James Madison
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The constitution of the United States is to receive a reasonable interpretation of its language, and its powers, keeping in view the…
— Joseph Story
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The moral justification of capitalism does not lie in the altruist claim that it represents the best way to achieve 'the common…
— Ayn Rand
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School is consonantal in its unchanging schedule. God, full of possibility, is a vowel. Death: the ultimate consonant.
— Myla Goldberg
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Here learn the science of the Saints: All is to be found in the passion of Jesus. Make every effort to remain…
— Paul of the Cross
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The aim of every woman is to be truly integrated into the Corps. She is able and willing to undertake any assignment…
— Unknown Author
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J, n. A consonant in English, but some nations use it as a vowel . . . from a Latin verb, "jacere",…
— Ambrose Bierce
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The social system based on and consonant with the altruist morality-with the code of self-sacrifice- is socialism, in all or any of…
— Ayn Rand
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On their own, each [character] is a victim of no importance. But when you bring them together, they become a dangerous weapon.…
— Claude Chabrol
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A great poet ought to a certain degree to rectify men's feelings... to render their feelings more sane, pure and permanent, in…
— William Wordsworth
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It is always delightful when a great and beautiful idea proves to be consonant with reality.
— Albert Einstein
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