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A tribute . . . is due to the talents, the rectitude, and the patriotism, which adorn the characters selected to devise and adopt [the… — George Washington
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… — James Madison
False notions of liberty are strangely common. People talk of it as if it meant the liberty of doing whatever one likes - whereas the… — Frederick William Robertson
To answer the purpose of the adversaries of the Constitution, they ought to prove, not merely that particular provisions in it are not the best,… — Alexander Hamilton
This balance between the National and State governments ought to be dwelt on with peculiar attention, as it is of the utmost importance. It forms… — Alexander Hamilton
The local interest of a State ought in every case to give way to the interests of the Union. For when a sacrifice of one… — Alexander Hamilton
The public affairs of the union are spread throughout a very extensive region, and are extremely diversified by the local affairs connected with them, and… — James Madison
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… — James Madison
And as the vicissitudes of Nations beget a perpetual tendency to the accumulation of debt, there ought to be in every government a perpetual, anxious,… — Alexander Hamilton
There exists in the economy and course of nature, an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness; between duty and advantage; between the genuine maxims of… — George Washington
There is one view of the subject which ought to have its influence on those who espouse doctrines which strike at the authoritative origin and… — James Madison
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… — James Madison
[I]t is the reason alone, of the public, that ought to control and regulate the government. — James Madison
[I]n framing a Government for a nation we ought, in those provisions which are designed to be permanent, to calculate not on temporary, but on… — Alexander Hamilton
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… — James Madison
The means ought to be proportioned to the end; the persons from whose agency the attainment of any end is expected ought to possess the… — Alexander Hamilton
It will follow that that government ought to be clothed with all powers requisite to complete execution of its trust. — Alexander Hamilton
A government, the constitution of which renders it unfit to be trusted with all the powers which a free people ought to delegate to any… — Alexander Hamilton
All of us should remember that the federal government is not some mysterious institution comprised of buildings, files and paper. The people are the government.… — Ronald Reagan
Taxes should be continued by annual or biennial reeactments, because a constant hold, by the nation, of the strings of the public purse is a… — Thomas Jefferson
Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, (I conjure you to believe me fellow citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly… — George Washington
'Tis folly in one Nation to look for disinterested favors from another; that it must pay with a portion of its Independence for whatever it… — George Washington
Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence . . . the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake. — George Washington
Every nation ought to have a right to provide for its own happiness. — Alexander Hamilton
In civilized communities, property as well as personal rights are the essential object of the laws, which encourage industry by securing the enjoyment of its… — James Madison

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