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Danger Quotes by James Madison
- It will be remembered, that a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles is solemnly enjoined by most of the state constitutions, and particularly by our own,…
- Strongly guarded as is the separation between Religion and Government in the Constitution of the United States, the danger of encroachment by Ecclesiastical Bodies may…
- ...to support the Constitution, which is the cement of the Union, as well in its limitations as in its authorities; to respect the rights and…
- Security against foreign danger is one of the primitive objects of civil society. It is an avowed and essential object of the American Union.
- How could a readiness for war in time of peace be safely prohibited, unless we could prohibit, in like manner, the preparations and establishments of…
- It is a melancholy reflection that liberty should be equally exposed to danger whether the government have too much power or too little power and…
- The danger from legislative usurpations, which, by assembling all power in the same hands, must lead to the same tyranny as is threatened by executive…
- The fetters imposed on liberty at home have ever been forged out of the weapons provided for defense against real, pretended, or imaginary dangers from…
- The people can never willfully betray their own interests: But they may possibly be betrayed by the representatives of the people; and the danger will…
- Besides the danger of a direct mixture of religion and civil government, there is an evil which ought to be guarded against in the indefinite…
- Wherever the real power in a Government lies, there is the danger of oppression.
- Place three individuals in a situation wherein the interest of each depends on the voice of the others, and give to two of them an…
- The Constitution expressly and exclusively vests in the Legislature the power of declaring a state of war [and] the power of raising armies.... A delegation…
- The management of foreign relations appears to be the most susceptible of abuse of all the trusts committed to a Government, because they can be…
- An armed and trained militia is the firmest bulwark of republics - that without standing armies their liberty can never be in danger, nor with…
- The danger of disturbing the public tranquillity by interesting too strongly the public passions, is a still more serious objection against a frequent reference of…
- The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.
- In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.
- It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from…
- The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the State governments, in times…
- The means of defence against foreign danger have been always the instruments of tyranny at home. Among the Romans it was a standing maxim to…
- The loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or imagined, from abroad.
- Experience has proved that the real danger to America and to liberty lies in the defect of energy and stability in the present establishment of…
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- I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand… — Clara Barton
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