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Politics Quotes by James Madison
- The nation which reposes on the pillow of political confidence, will sooner or later end its political existence in a deadly lethargy.
- The protection of these faculties is the first object of government.
- I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by…
- The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.
- The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government…
- The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.
- There is no maxim, in my opinion, which is more liable to be misapplied, and which, therefore, more needs elucidation, than the current one, that…
- I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence,…
- The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may be a reflection on human nature, that such…
- Power must be in the hands of the wealth of the nation, those who have sympathy for property owners and their rights, and who understand…
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