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Security Quotes by James Madison
- In a free government the security for civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights.
- The liberal appropriations made by the legislature of Kentucky for a general system of education cannot be too much applauded . . . . Learned…
- A pure democracy can admit no cure for the mischiefs of faction. A common passion or interest will be felt by a majority, and there…
- Security against foreign danger is one of the primitive objects of civil society. It is an avowed and essential object of the American Union.
- How could a readiness for war in time of peace be safely prohibited, unless we could prohibit, in like manner, the preparations and establishments of…
- A just security to property is not afforded by that government, under which unequal taxes oppress one species of property and reward another species.
- [T]he great security against a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department consists in giving to those who administer each department the…
- I entirely concur in the propriety of resorting to the sense in which the Constitution was accepted and ratified by the nation. In that sense…
- In a free government the security for civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights. ...under the republican forms [of government], for…
- Freedom arises from a multiplicity of sects, which pervades America, and is the best and only security for religious liberty in America.
- In a free Government, the security for civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights. It consists in the one case in…
- Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against…
- A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be…
- The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the State governments, in times…
- Democracies have been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and in general been as short in their lives as they have…
- 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…
More Security Quotes
- If social stability goes pear-shaped, you have a choice between anarchy and dictatorship. Most people will opt for more security, even if… — Margaret Atwood
- Freedom is not a luxury that we can indulge in when at last we have security and prosperity and enlightenment; it is,… — Henry Steele Commager
- Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds. — John Perry Barlow
- This is a wonderful way to celebrate an 80th birthday... I wanted to be 65 again, but they wouldn't let me -… — Art Buchwald
- I don't support an amnesty.(Cornyn) demands an ongoing focus on security and workplace enforcement before considering steps to grant legal status, let… — John Cornyn
- Out of our first century of national life we evolved the ethical principle that it was not right or just that an… — Frances Perkins
- There is no security in life, only opportunity. — Mark Twain
- If you sacrifice liberty for security, you will lose both. — Ron Paul