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Republic Quotes by James Madison
- It will be remembered, that a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles is solemnly enjoined by most of the state constitutions, and particularly by our own,…
- The infant periods of most nations are buried in silence or veiled in fable; and the world perhaps has lost but little which it needs…
- A government resting on the minority is an aristocracy, not a Republic, and could not be safe with a numerical and physical force against it,…
- ...to support the Constitution, which is the cement of the Union, as well in its limitations as in its authorities; to respect the rights and…
- I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power, than…
- [T]he delegation of the government, in [a republic], to a small number of citizens elected by the rest . . . [is] to refine and…
- In the first place, it is to be remembered, that the general government is not to be charged with the whole power of making and…
- If we resort for a criterion to the different principles on which different forms of government are established, we may define a republic to be,…
- A republic, by which I mean a government in which the scheme of representation takes place, opens a different prospect and promises the cure for…
- It is of great importance in a republic, not only to guard the society against the oppression of its rulers; but to guard one part…
- An armed and trained militia is the firmest bulwark of republics - that without standing armies their liberty can never be in danger, nor with…
- In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.
- In the compound republic of America, the power surrendered by the people is first divided between two distinct governments, and then the portion allotted to…
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- Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms. — Aristotle
- In the past I have defended the right of the IRA to engage in armed struggle. I did so because there was… — Gerry Adams
- The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations. — Ambrose Bierce
- I was born in Panama, the Republic of Panama, on July 16, 1948 in Panama City, in an area called San Felipe. — Ruben Blades
- For some years I deserted religion in favour of Marxism. The republic of goodness seemed more attainable than the Kingdom of God. — Lionel Blue
- This is a case if the President is permitted to be above the law, then we no longer have a republic. — James Bovard
- For this reason, the expansion of relations with all countries is on the agenda of the Islamic Republic of Iran. I mean… — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
- Behold a republic standing erect while empires all around are bowed beneath the weight of their own armaments - a republic whose… — William Jennings Bryan
- I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for… — Smedley Butler
- The world is a republic of mediocrities, and always was. — Thomas Carlyle
- Once you get to the Enlightenment, the way that powers get to be hyperpowers isn't just by conquest. It's through commerce and… — Amy Chua
- In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power. — Marcus Tullius Cicero