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State 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,…
- When indeed Religion is kindled into enthusiasm, its force like that of other passions is increased by the sympathy of a multitude. But enthusiasm is…
- The civil government ... functions with complete success ... by the total separation of the Church from the State.
- In a society under the forms of which the stronger faction can readily unite and oppress the weaker, anarchy may as truly be said to…
- The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the state shall not be questioned.
- The Federal Constitution forms a happy combination in this respect; the great and aggregate interests being referred to the national, the local and particular, to…
- It is to be the assent and ratification of the several States, derived from the supreme authority in each State, the authority of the people…
- Each State, in ratifying the Constitution, is considered as a sovereign body, independent of all others, and only to be bound by its own voluntary…
- But ambitious encroachments of the federal government, on the authority of the State governments, would not excite the opposition of a single State, or of…
- I wish not to be regarded as an advocate for the particular organizations of the several state governments . . . they carry strong marks…
- I am unable to conceive that the state legislatures which must feel so many motives to watch, and which possess so many means of counteracting…
- The appointment of senators by the state legislatures . . . is recommended by the double advantage of favoring a select appointment, and of giving…
- It is superfluous to try by the standards of theory, a part of the constitution which is allowed on all hands to be the result…
- That useful alterations will be suggested by experience, could not but be foreseen . . . . It moreover equally enables the general and state…
- 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…
- For the same reason that the members of the State legislatures will be unlikely to attach themselves sufficiently to national objects, the members of the…
- there ought always to be a constitutional method of giving efficacy to constitutional provisions. What for instance would avail restrictions on the authority of the…
- The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are…
- The government of the United States is a definite government, confined to specified objects. It is not like the state governments, whose powers are more…
- The Constitution expressly and exclusively vests in the Legislature the power of declaring a state of war [and] the power of raising armies.... A delegation…
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- The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life. — Aristotle
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