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Particular 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 Federal Constitution forms a happy combination in this respect; the great and aggregate interests being referred to the national, the local and particular, to…
- The number of individuals employed under the Constitution of the United States will be much smaller than the number employed under the particular States.
- I wish not to be regarded as an advocate for the particular organizations of the several state governments . . . they carry strong marks…
- 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…
- A local spirit will infallibly prevail much more in the members of Congress than a national spirit will prevail in the legislatures of the particular…
- 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].…
- THE Constitution proposed by the convention may be considered under two general points of view. The FIRST relates to the sum or quantity of power…
- 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…
- If it be asked what is to restrain the House of Representatives from making legal discriminations in favor of themselves and a particular class of…
- Money cannot be applied to the *general welfare*, otherwise than by an application of it to some *particular* measure conducive to the general welfare. Whenever,…
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- In TV, and in particular in commercials, you don't really need to explain very much at all - you just say he's… — Rowan Atkinson
- Some kinds of nails, such as those used for defending the soles of coarse shoes, called hobnails, require a particular form of… — Charles Babbage
- We were all flying around up and down the coast near Dunkirk looking for enemy aircraft which seemed also to be milling… — Douglas Bader
- The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern. — Lord Acton
- Personally, I don't choose any particular religion or symbol or group of words or teachings to define me. That's between me and… — Erykah Badu
- I don't have any particular thing I do ritualistically. I do the same thing every day. I get up. Drink a lot… — Erykah Badu
- Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is… — Walter Bagehot
- If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold… — Abigail Adams
- In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular... sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there… — Ansel Adams