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Principle Quotes by James Madison
- If there be a principle that ought not to be questioned within the United States, it is that every man has a right to abolish…
- It is proper to take alarm at the first experiment on our liberties. We hold this prudent jealousy to be the first duty of citizens…
- That diabolical Hell conceived principle of persecution rages amoung some and to their eternal Infamy the Clergy can furnish their Quota of Imps for such…
- 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…
- 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…
- Bills of attainder, ex-post facto laws and laws impairing the obligation of contracts are contrary to the first principles of the social compact, and to…
- It is a principle incorporated into the settled policy of America, that as peace is better than war, war is better than tribute.
- I go on the principle that a public debt is a public curse and in a republican government more than in any other.
- I acknowledge, in the ordinary course of government, that the exposition of the laws and Constitution devolves upon the judicial. But I beg to know…
- As the war was just in its origin and necessary and noble in its objects, we can reflect with a proud satisfaction that in carrying…
- I consider it…as subverting the fundamental and characteristic principle of the Government…and as bidding defiance to the sense in which the Constitution is known to…
- 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…
- Of all the objections which have been framed against the federal Constitution, this is perhaps the most extraordinary. Whilst the objection itself is levelled against…
- Is the appointment of Chaplains to the two Houses of Congress consistent with the Constitution, and with the pure principle of religious freedom? In strictness…
- I go on the principle that a public debt is a public curse, and in a Republican Government a greater curse than any other.
More Principle Quotes
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different expressions and manifestations of a common underlying principle. — Marcus Aurelius
- I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle. — Jane Austen
- While the soul is in mortal sin, nothing can profit it; none of its good works merit an eternal reward, since they… — Teresa of Avila
- A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise he too… — Sai Baba
- That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it,… — Charles Babbage
- Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established. — Honore de Balzac
- The award is important in order to bring people to the movie theater. That's the only principle meaning of any award. — Javier Bardem
- Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost. — John Quincy Adams
- The world is not dialectical - it is sworn to extremes, not to equilibrium, sworn to radical antagonism, not to reconciliation or… — Jean Baudrillard
- Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs. This is the principle… — Scott Adams
- Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle. — Gary Bauer