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While the constitution continues to be read, and its principles known, the states, must, by every rational man, be considered as essential component parts of… — Alexander Hamilton
It becomes all therefore who are friends of a Government based on free principles to reflect, that by denying the possibility of a system partly… — James Madison
[T]he States can best govern our home concerns and the general government our foreign ones. I wish, therefore . . . never to see all… — Thomas Jefferson
The proposed constitution, therefore, even when tested by the rules laid down by its antagonists, is, in strictness, neither a national nor a federal constitution;… — James Madison
The history of ancient and modern republics had taught them that many of the evils which those republics suffered arose from the want of a… — Alexander Hamilton
Religion, which never intervenes directly in the government of American society, should therefore be considered as the first of their political institutions — Alexis de Tocqueville
In civilized communities, property as well as personal rights are the essential object of the laws, which encourage industry by securing the enjoyment of its… — James Madison
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 passions, therefore, not the reason, of the public would sit in judgment. But it is the reason, alone, of the public, that ought to… — James Madison
It should therefore be difficult in a republic to declare war; but not to make peace. — Joseph Story
What kind of victory is it when someone is left defeated? What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether… — Mahatma Gandhi
With the indiscriminate nature of modern military technology (no such thing as a "smart bomb," it turns out) all wars are wars against civilians, and… — Howard Zinn
We are now in the midst of our first television war ... the television environment [is] total and therefore invisible. Along with the computer, it… — Herman Melville
Freedom is indivisible, and when one man is enslaved, all are not free. When all are free, then we can look forward to that day… — John F. Kennedy
Human language is local and changeable, and is therefore incapable of being used as the means of unchangeable and universal information. — Thomas Paine
Temperance is love surrendering itself wholly to Him who is its object; courage is love bearing all things gladly for the sake of Him who… — Saint Augustine
Most people dislike vanity in others, whatever share they have of it themselves; but I give it fair quarter, wherever I meet with it, being… — Benjamin Franklin
I believe that I am in hell, therefore I am there. — Arthur Rimbaud
Ahimsa is the attribute of the soul, and therefore, to be practiced by everybody in all affairs of life. If it cannot be practiced in… — Mahatma Gandhi
But the one thing that has power completely is love, because when a man loves, he seeks no power, and therefore he has power. — Alan Paton

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