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Effect 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…
- Is there a Legislative power in fact, not expressly prohibited by the Constitution, which might not, according to the doctrine of the Court, be exercised…
- 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…
- Attempts to enforce by legal sanctions, acts obnoxious to so great a proportion of Citizens, tend to enervate the laws in general, and to slacken…
- What is to be the consequence, in case the Congress shall misconstrue this part [the necessary and proper clause] of the Constitution and exercise powers…
- As compacts, charters of government are superior in obligation to all others, because they give effect to all others. As truths, none can be more…
- But the most deplorable effect of all, is that diminution of attachment and reverence, which steals into the hearts of the people, towards a political…
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- The effect of prizes on one's career - if that is what to call it - is considerable, since they give one… — John Banville
- The great uncertainty of all data in war is because all action, to a certain extent, planned in a mere twilight -… — Carl von Clausewitz
- ... the friendship of worthless people has a bad effect (because they take part, unstable as they are, in worthless pursuits, and… — Aristotle
- The half minute which we daily devote to the winding-up of our watches is an exertion of labour almost insensible; yet, by… — Charles Babbage
- As I was coming up on the stage, there was one source that could make or break you, the New York Times.… — Kevin Bacon
- I'm at the point in my life where I don't want to work as hard. Actually, I've had to take a good… — Alan Ball
- Hugging trees has a calming effect on me. I'm talking about enormous trees that will be there when we are all dead… — Gerry Adams
- The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and… — John Adams