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Ends Quotes by James Madison
- Government is instituted to protect property of every sort; as well that which lies in the various rights of individuals, as that which the term…
- If justice, good faith, honor, gratitude and all the other qualities which enoble the character of a nation, and fulfill the ends of Government be…
- I have appealed to our own experience for the truth of what I advance on this subject [that the legislative power is the predominant power].…
- 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…
- In order to judge of the form to be given to this institution the Senate, it will be proper to take a view of the…
- The nation which reposes on the pillow of political confidence, will sooner or later end its political existence in a deadly lethargy.
- Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted,…
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- Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. — Aristotle