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Own Quotes by James Madison
- American citizens are instrumental in carrying on a traffic in enslaved Africans, equally in violation of the laws of humanity and in defiance of those…
- 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 will be remembered, that a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles is solemnly enjoined by most of the state constitutions, and particularly by our own,…
- No man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause . . . . With equal, nay with greater reason, bodies of men,…
- Government is instituted to protect property of every sort; as well that which lies in the various rights of individuals, as that which the term…
- Democracy was the right of the people to choose their own tyrant.
- Is it not the glory of the people of America, that whilst they have paid a decent regard to the opinions of former times and…
- As the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial departments of the United States are co-ordinate, and each equally bound to support the Constitution, it follows that each…
- Each State, in ratifying the Constitution, is considered as a sovereign body, independent of all others, and only to be bound by its own voluntary…
- I own myself the friend to a very free system of commerce, and hold it as a truth, that commercial shackles are generally unjust, oppressive…
- We have the self-evident right to regulate our trade according to our own will and our own interest . . . . This right can…
- 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…
- The apportionment of taxes on the various descriptions of property is an act which seems to require the most exact impartiality; yet there is, perhaps,…
- The people can never willfully betray their own interests: But they may possibly be betrayed by the representatives of the people; and the danger will…
- I have appealed to our own experience for the truth of what I advance on this subject [that the legislative power is the predominant power].…
- It would have marked a want of foresight in the convention, which our own experience would have rendered inexcusable.
- No man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause, because his interest would certainly bias his judgment....
- The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy.…
- Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.
- It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so…
- The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy.
- Each generation should be made to bear the burden of its own wars, instead of carrying them on, at the expense of other generations.
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