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Frequently Quotes by James Madison
- I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power, than…
- It is impossible for the man of pious reflection not to perceive in it [the Constitution] a finger of that Almighty hand which has been…
- The smaller the society, the fewer probably will be the distinct parties and interests composing it; the fewer the distinct parties and interests, the more…
- The real wonder is that so many difficulties should have been surmounted [in the federal convention], and surmounted with a unanimity almost as unprecedented as…
- On a candid examination of history, we shall find that turbulence, violence, and abuse of power, by the majority, trampling on the rights of the…
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