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Forms Quotes by James Madison
- In a society under the forms of which the stronger faction can readily unite and oppress the weaker, anarchy may as truly be said to…
- Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation, the existence of subordinate governments, to which…
- The Federal Constitution forms a happy combination in this respect; the great and aggregate interests being referred to the national, the local and particular, to…
- It becomes all therefore who are friends of a Government based on free principles to reflect, that by denying the possibility of a system partly…
- It has been said that all Government is an evil. It would be more proper to say that the necessity of any Government is a…
- The regulation of these various and interfering interests forms the principal task of modern legislation and involves the spirit of party and faction in the…
- If we resort for a criterion to the different principles on which different forms of government are established, we may define a republic to be,…
- 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…
- In all great changes of established governments, forms ought to give way to substance
- The problem to be solved is, not what form of government is perfect, but which of the forms is least imperfect.
- 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…
- A people armed and free, forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition and is a bulwark for the nation against foreign invasion and domestic…
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- When we speak the word 'life,' it must be understood we are not referring to life as we know it from its… — Antonin Artaud
- A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way… — Aristotle
- Violence against women in all its forms is a human rights violation. It's not something that any culture, religion or tradition propagates. — Michelle Bachelet
- Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- I don't like traveling, period. I like being at places and I like going places, but I don't like forms of transportation. — Travis Barker
- Whatever forms of meditation you practice, the most important point is to apply mindfulness continuously, and make a sustained effort. It is… — Dalai Lama
- I have always thought that one man of tolerable abilities may work great changes, and accomplish great affairs among mankind, if he… — Benjamin Franklin
- Then very slowly I go to slightly lighter colors until little by little, the forms begin to take shape and I start… — Eyvind Earle