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Every new regulation concerning commerce or revenue; or in any manner affecting the value of the different species of property, presents a new harvest to… — James Madison
The tendency of a national bank is to increase public and private credit. The former gives power to the state, for the protection of its… — Alexander Hamilton
The promulgation of the great doctrines of religion, the being, and attributes, and providence of one Almighty God: the responsibility to him for all our… — Joseph Story
It is by far the safer course to lay [considerations of the future] altogether aside; and to confine our attention wholly to the nature and… — Alexander Hamilton
We may look up to Armies for Defence, but Virtue is our best Security. It is not possible that any state should long remain free,… — Samuel Adams
The natural aristocracy I consider as the most precious gift of nature for the instruction, the trusts, and government of society. And indeed it would… — Thomas Jefferson
[T]he influence of the German school is most obvious in relation to the contract theory of the origin of the state and the idea of… — Charles Edward Merriam
In a general sense, all contributions imposed by the government upon individuals for the service of the state, are called taxes, by whatever name they… — Joseph Story
It is evident from the state of the country, from the habits of the people, from the experience we have had on the point itself,… — Alexander Hamilton
In speaking of natural rights, therefore, it is essential to remember that these alleged rights have no political force whatsoever, unless recognized and enforced by… — Charles Edward Merriam
The Army (considering the irritable state it is in, its suffering and composition) is a dangerous instrument to play with. — George Washington
Throughout the history of the United States , war has been the primary impetus behind the growth and development of the central state. It has… — Bruce D. Porter
War is the health of the State. It automatically sets in motion throughout society these irresistible forces for uniformity, for passionate cooperation with the government… — Randolph Bourne
My opposition to war is not based upon pacifist or non-resistant principles. It may be that the present state of civilization is such that certain… — Henry Ford
The curve of life is like the parabola of a projectile which, disturbed from its initial state of rest, rises and then returns to a… — Carl Jung
Man is priest, and scholar, and statesman, and producer, and soldier. In the divided or social state these functions are parcelled out to individuals, each… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
By reading keep in a state of excited igorance, like a blind man in a house afire; flounder around, immensely but unintelligently interested; don't know… — Mark Twain
In the lives of individuals and societies, language is a factor of greater importance than any other. For the study of language to remain solely… — Ferdinand de Saussure
Language, the machine of the poet, is best fitted for his purpose in its rudest state. Nations, like individuals, first perceive, and then abstract. They… — Thomas B. Macaulay
He talks about the Scylla of Atheism and the Charybdis of Christianity - a state of mind which, by the way, is not conducive to… — Norman Douglas

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