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- The great enemy of the salvation of man, in my opinion, never invented a more effective means of limiting Christianity from the… — Benjamin Rush
- He never does a proper thing without giving an improper reason for it. — George Bernard Shaw
- To refer the power in question to the clause "to provide for the common defense and general welfare" would be contrary to… — James Madison
- Another advantage accruing from this ingredient in the constitution of a senate, is the additional impediment it must prove against improper acts… — James Madison
- The defect of power in the existing confederacy, to regulate the commerce between its several members is in the number of those… — James Madison
- A government, the constitution of which renders it unfit to be trusted with all the powers which a free people ought to… — Alexander Hamilton
- It may not be improper, however, to remark two consequences, evidently flowing from an extension of the federal power to every subject… — James Madison
- The most improper job of any man, even saints (who at any rate were at least unwilling to take it on), is… — J.R.R. Tolkien
- It is the effect of scarcity; one’s rules of propriety make one thirst for the improper. — Mohsin Hamid
- Let him the intelligent man admonish, let him teach, let him forbid what is improper ! - he will be beloved of… — Gautama Buddha
- It is a just retribution for improper sexual misconduct — Mother Teresa
- The executive branch of this government never has, nor will suffer, while I preside, any improper conduct of its officers to escape… — George Washington