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Less Quotes by James Madison
- It will be remembered, that a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles is solemnly enjoined by most of the state constitutions, and particularly by our own,…
- Inference is founded upon obvious reasons. Regard to reputation has a less active influence, when the infamy of a bad action is to be divided…
- The necessity of a senate is not less indicated by the propensity of all single and numerous assemblies, to yield to the impulse of sudden…
- The important distinction so well understood in America between a constitution established by the people, and unalterable by the government; and a law established by…
- 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…
- Reason, on the contrary, assures us, that as in so great a number, a fit representative would be most likely to be found, so the…
- Extend the sphere and you take in a greater variety of parties and interests; you make it less probable that a majority of the whole…
- Liberty is to faction, what air is to fire, an aliment without which it instantly expires. But it could not be a less folly to…
- It is a misfortune incident to republican government, though in a less degree than to other governments, that those who administer it, may forget their…
- 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…
- The great objects which presented themselves [to the Constitutional Convention] ... formed a task more difficult than can be well conceived by those who were…
- The management of foreign relations appears to be the most susceptible of abuse of all the trusts committed to a Government, because they can be…
- The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to a uniformity of interests.…
- To consider the degree of concord which ultimately prevailed as less than a miracle.
- Can it be of less consequence that the meaning of a Constitution should be fixed and known, than a meaning of a law should be…
- Because finally, 'the equal right of every citizen to the free exercise of his religion according to the dictates of conscience' is held by the…
- Temporary deviations from fundamental principles are always more or less dangerous. When the first pretext fails, those who become interested in prolonging the evil will…
- And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in showing that religion and Government will both…
- The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to an uniformity of interests.…
- Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise.... During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been…
- Liberty is to faction what air is to fire, an aliment without which it instantly expires. But it could not be less folly to abolish…
- During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What has been its fruits? More or less, in all places, pride…
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