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Private Quotes by James Madison
- There is in every breast a sensibility to marks of honor, of favor, of esteem, and of confidence, which, apart from all considerations of interest,…
- Inference is founded upon obvious reasons. Regard to reputation has a less active influence, when the infamy of a bad action is to be divided…
- 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…
- This policy of supplying by opposite and rival interests, the defect of better motives, might be traced through the whole system of human affairs, both…
- The invasion of private rights is chiefly to be apprehended, not from acts of Government contrary to the sense of its constituents, but from acts…
- In proportion to the value of this revolution; in proportion to the importance of instruments, every word of which decides a question between power and…
- As compacts, charters of government are superior in obligation to all others, because they give effect to all others. As truths, none can be more…
- That the foundation of our national policy should be laid in private morality. If individuals be not influenced by moral principles, it is in vain…
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- It would be fun to have someone in the White House who has worked in the private sector... and someone who understands… — Michele Bachmann
- As a lawyer, as a private citizen, you see a lot of injustice. You see a lot of people who should have… — David Baldacci
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