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Least Quotes by James Madison
- There is not a shadow of right in the general government to intermingle with religion. Its least interference with it would be a most flagrant…
- [T]he delegation of the government, in [a republic], to a small number of citizens elected by the rest . . . [is] to refine and…
- The most productive system of finance will always be the least burdensome.
- 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…
- But cool and candid people will at once reflect, that the purest of human blessings must have a portion of alloy in them, that 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,…
- To provide employment for the poor, and support for the indigent, is among the primary, and, at the same time, not least difficult cares of…
- The problem to be solved is, not what form of government is perfect, but which of the forms is least imperfect.
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