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May Quotes by James Madison
- Who does not see that the same authority which can establish Christianity, in exclusion of all other Religions, may establish with the same ease any…
- The religion then of every man must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man; and it is the right of every man…
- It is due to justice; due to humanity; due to truth; due to the sympathies of our nature; in fine, to our character as a…
- The rich man, when contributing to a permanent plan for the education of the poor, ought to reflect that he is providing for that of…
- It degrades from the equal rank of Citizens all those whose opinions in Religion do not bend to those of the Legislative authority. Distant as…
- Strongly guarded as is the separation between Religion and Government in the Constitution of the United States, the danger of encroachment by Ecclesiastical Bodies may…
- In a society under the forms of which the stronger faction can readily unite and oppress the weaker, anarchy may as truly be said to…
- It is possible that these may all be insufficient to control the caprice and wickedness of man. But are they not all that government will…
- It may not be easy, in every possible case, to trace the line of separation between the rights of religion and the Civil authority with…
- As the people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of…
- The effect of a representative democracy is to refine and enlarge the public views, by passing them through the medium of a chosen body of…
- [T]he delegation of the government, in [a republic], to a small number of citizens elected by the rest . . . [is] to refine and…
- Every man who loves peace, every man who loves his country, every man who loves liberty ought to have it ever before his eyes that…
- That useful alterations will be suggested by experience, could not but be foreseen . . . . It moreover equally enables the general and state…
- How could a readiness for war in time of peace be safely prohibited, unless we could prohibit, in like manner, the preparations and establishments of…
- Every new regulation concerning commerce or revenue; or in any manner affecting the value of the different species of property, presents a new harvest to…
- Who are to be the objects of popular choice? Every citizen whose merit may recommend him to the esteem and confidence of his country.
- The great desideratum in Government is, so to modify the sovereignty as that it may be sufficiently neutral between different parts of the Society to…
- It may be considered as an objection inherent in the principle, that as every appeal to the people would carry an implication of some defect…
- The most that the Convention could do in such a situation, was to avoid the errors suggested by the past experience of other countries, as…
- We may be assured by past experience, that such a practice [as some states charging high taxes on goods from other states] would be introduced…
- Frequent elections are unquestionably the only policy by which this dependence and sympathy can be effectually secured. But what particular degree of frequency may be…
- In Europe, charters of liberty have been granted by power. America has set the example . . . of charters of power granted by liberty.…
- No man will subject himself to the ridicule of pretending that any natural connection subsists between the sun or the seasons, and the period within…
- 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…
More May Quotes
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of… — Pietro Aretino
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. — Aristotle
- We make war that we may live in peace. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there… — Aristotle
- Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside… — Lance Armstrong