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Contrary Quotes by James Madison
- Cursed be all that learning that is contrary to the cross of Christ.
- There is in every breast a sensibility to marks of honor, of favor, of esteem, and of confidence, which, apart from all considerations of interest,…
- To refer the power in question to the clause "to provide for the common defense and general welfare" would be contrary to the established and…
- There is not a more important and fundamental principle in legislation, than that the ways and means ought always to face the public engagements; that…
- Reason, on the contrary, assures us, that as in so great a number, a fit representative would be most likely to be found, so the…
- Bills of attainder, ex-post facto laws and laws impairing the obligation of contracts are contrary to the first principles of the social compact, and to…
- The invasion of private rights is chiefly to be apprehended, not from acts of Government contrary to the sense of its constituents, but from acts…
- I regret, as much as any member, the unavoidable weight and duration of the burdens to be imposed; having never been a proselyte to the…
More Contrary Quotes
- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
- But human beings fall easily into despair, and from the very beginning we invented stories that enabled us to place our lives… — Karen Armstrong
- Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature. — Saint Augustine
- Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility… — Irving Babbitt
- Liberal capitalism is not at all the Good of humanity. Quite the contrary; it is the vehicle of savage, destructive nihilism. — Alain Badiou
- There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development… — Lord Acton
- I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men, far from… — Mikhail Bakunin
- It is impious to say that evil has its origin from God, because naught contrary is produced by the contrary. Life does… — Saint Basil