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Over Quotes by James Madison
- We have seen the mere distinction of color made in the most enlightened period of time, a ground of the most oppressive dominion ever exercised…
- The liberal appropriations made by the legislature of Kentucky for a general system of education cannot be too much applauded . . . . Learned…
- Americans need not fear the federal government because they enjoy the advantage of being armed, which you possess over the people of almost every other…
- Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation, the existence of subordinate governments, to which…
- In this relation, then, the proposed government cannot be deemed a national one; since its jurisdiction extends to certain enumerated objects only, and leaves to…
- Experience assures us, that the efficacy of the provision has been greatly over-rated; and that some more adequate defense is indispensably necessary for the more…
- there ought always to be a constitutional method of giving efficacy to constitutional provisions. What for instance would avail restrictions on the authority of the…
- [I]n the next place, to show that unless these departments be so far connected and blended as to give to each a constitutional control over…
- Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation.... Notwithstanding the military establishments in the several…
- In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in…
- To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and…
- Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against…
- If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.…
- History records that the money changers have used every form of abuse, intrigue, deceit, and violent means possible to maintain their control over governments by…
- If we advert to the nature of republican government, we shall find that the censorial power is in the people over the government, and not…
- The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to…
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- I'd take precision any day over power; as far as being tactical you know you have to see what's going on in… — Alexis Arguello
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- I'll love you, dear, I'll love you till China and Africa meet and the river jumps over the mountain and the salmon… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Getting over someone is a grieving process. You mourn the loss of the relationship, and that's only expedited by 'Out of sight,… — Hank Azaria
- Some choices we live not only once but a thousand times over, remembering them for the rest of our lives. — Richard Bach
- I'm substantially concerned about the policy directions of the space agency. We have a situation in the U.S. where the White House… — Neil Armstrong
- I like poems you can tack all over with a hammer and there are no hollow places. — John Ashbery