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Representatives Quotes by James Madison
- The public affairs of the union are spread throughout a very extensive region, and are extremely diversified by the local affairs connected with them, and…
- 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…
- It may well happen that the public voice, pronounced by the representatives of the people, will be more constant to the public good than if…
- What is to be the consequence, in case the Congress shall misconstrue this part [the necessary and proper clause] of the Constitution and exercise powers…
- 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…
- 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…
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- I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your ruin, and… — John Adams
- I am chairman of the Africa subcommittee in the House of Representatives. — Ed Royce
- At a time when 2500 American soldiers have given their lives for the cause of bringing democracy to Iraq, it is sad… — Earl Blumenauer
- While the intelligence profession oftentimes demands secrecy, it is critically important that there be a full and open discourse on intelligence matters… — John O. Brennan
- I have been very happy in the House of Representatives. — George H. W. Bush
- Is it not grotesque when the representatives of an antiquated myth-sorcery, who believes in trinity, angels, devils, hell, virgin-birth, bodily Ascension, making… — Karlheinz Deschner
- We all know we are unique individuals, but we tend to see others as representatives of groups. — Deborah Tannen
- Only we, the public, can force our representatives to reverse their abdication of the war powers that the Constitution gives exclusively to… — Daniel Ellsberg