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Hands Quotes by James Madison
- The sober people of America are weary of the fluctuating policy which has directed the public councils. They have seen with regret and indignation that…
- 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…
- It is superfluous to try by the standards of theory, a part of the constitution which is allowed on all hands to be the result…
- There is not a more important and fundamental principle in legislation, than that the ways and means ought always to face the public engagements; that…
- 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 people can never willfully betray their own interests: But they may possibly be betrayed by the representatives of the people; and the danger will…
- You give me a credit to which I have no claim in calling me "the writer of the Constitution of the United States." This was…
- The genius of Republican liberty, seems to demand on one side, not only that all power should be derived from the people; but, that those…
- All power in human hands is liable to be abused.
- 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…
- [A] mere demarcation on parchment of the constitutional limits of the several departments is not a sufficient guard against those encroachments which lead to a…
- There is not a more important and fundamental principle in legislation, than that the ways and means ought always to face the public engagements; that…
- The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.
- The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, selfappointed, or…
- The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or…
- Power must be in the hands of the wealth of the nation, those who have sympathy for property owners and their rights, and who understand…
More Hands Quotes
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- We always expect tremendous criticism. It is my role to be the lightning rod ... to attract the attacks against the organization… — Julian Assange
- Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers, there will… — Margaret Atwood
- The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- I wish I had eight pairs of hands, and another body to shoot the specimens. — John James Audubon
- What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and… — Saint Augustine
- If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if… — Saint Augustine
- Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree;… — Jane Austen
- The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed… — Alfred Austin
- I had many friends to help me to fall; but as to rising again, I was so much left to myself, that… — Teresa of Avila
- I was living an extremely burdensome life, because every time I prayed, I became more clearly aware of my faults. On the… — Teresa of Avila
- God will roast their stomachs in hell at the hands of Iraqis. — Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf