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Views Quotes by James Madison
- The effect of a representative democracy is to refine and enlarge the public views, by passing them through the medium of a chosen body of…
- [T]he delegation of the government, in [a republic], to a small number of citizens elected by the rest . . . [is] to refine and…
- To refer the power in question to the clause "to provide for the common defense and general welfare" would be contrary to the established and…
- There is one view of the subject which ought to have its influence on those who espouse doctrines which strike at the authoritative origin and…
- At first view it might seem not to square with the republican theory, to suppose either that a majority have not the right, or that…
- THE Constitution proposed by the convention may be considered under two general points of view. The FIRST relates to the sum or quantity of power…
- [T]he most common and durable source of factions has been the various and unequal distribution of property. Those who hold and those who are without…
- The management of foreign relations appears to be the most susceptible of abuse of all the trusts committed to a Government, because they can be…
- Every answer he [President John Adams] gives to his addressers unmasks more and more his principles and views. His language to the young men at…
- The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to a uniformity of interests.…
- In order to judge of the form to be given to this institution the Senate, it will be proper to take a view of the…
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- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- The clear problem of the outlawing of insult is that too many things can be interpreted as such. Criticism, ridicule, sarcasm, merely… — Rowan Atkinson
- We keep putting on programmes about famine in Ethiopia; that's what's happening. Too many people there. They can't support themselves - and… — David Attenborough
- Reality simply consists of different points of view. — Margaret Atwood
- I'm not interested in cutting the feet off my characters or stretching them to make them fit my certain political view. — Margaret Atwood
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- You could tell 'The Handmaid's Tale' from a male point of view. People have mistakenly felt that the women are oppressed, but… — Margaret Atwood
- You will always have partial points of view, and you'll always have the story behind the story that hasn't come out yet.… — Margaret Atwood
- Each one of us, and, indeed, all those who aspire to national leadership must bring their own visions, views and styles to… — Ibrahim Babangida
- My view of foreign policy is that we need to be careful and circumspect about United States intervention in any foreign nation. — Michele Bachmann
- I wish the American media would take a great look at the views of the people in Congress and find out, are… — Michele Bachmann
- If there was one word on a motivation or world view, that one word would be 'liberty.' That's what inspires me and… — Michele Bachmann