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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… — James Madison
If it were to be asked, What is the most sacred duty and the greatest source of our security in a Republic? The answer would… — Alexander Hamilton
When you assemble from your several counties in the Legislature, were every member to be guided only by the apparent interest of his county, government… — Alexander Hamilton
To attach full confidence to an institution of this nature, it appears to be an essential ingredient in its structure, that it shall be under… — Alexander Hamilton
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… — James Madison
The administration of private justice between the citizens of the same state, the supervision of agriculture and of other concerns of a similar nature, all… — Alexander Hamilton
Nothing can be more evident, than that an exclusive power of regulating elections for the National Government, in the hands of the State Legislatures, would… — Alexander Hamilton
There is not a more important and fundamental principle in legislation, than that the ways and means ought always to face the public engagements; that… — James Madison
Passive commerce . . . should thus . . . [compel us] to content ourselves with the first price of our commodities, and to see… — Alexander Hamilton
Reason, on the contrary, assures us, that as in so great a number, a fit representative would be most likely to be found, so the… — James Madison
Would they not fear that citizens not less tenacious than conscious of their rights would flock from the remotest extremes of their respective states to… — Alexander Hamilton
It has been said that all Government is an evil. It would be more proper to say that the necessity of any Government is a… — James Madison
It is in vain to hope to guard against events too mighty for human foresight or precaution, and it would be idle to object to… — Alexander Hamilton
We may be assured by past experience, that such a practice [as some states charging high taxes on goods from other states] would be introduced… — James Madison
A government, the constitution of which renders it unfit to be trusted with all the powers which a free people ought to delegate to any… — Alexander Hamilton
Liberty is to faction, what air is to fire, an aliment without which it instantly expires. But it could not be a less folly to… — James Madison
Our status as a free society and world power is not based on brute strength. When we've taken up arms, it has been for the… — Ronald Reagan
It is an unquestionable truth, that the body of the people in every country desire sincerely its prosperity. But it is equally unquestionable that they… — Alexander Hamilton
I expect we shall be told, that the Militia of the country is its natural bulwark, and would be at all times equal to the… — Alexander Hamilton
American strategists have calculated the proportion of civilians killed in this century's major wars. In the First World War, 5 percent of those killed were… — Colin Ward
If a country develops an economic system that is based on how to pay for the war, and if the amounts of fixed capital investment… — Unknown Author
Every solitary one of these aristocratic conspirators and would-be murderers claims to be an arch-patriot; every one of them insists that the war is being… — Eugene V. Debs
In "The Myth of Sisyphus", his most important non-fiction work, Albert Camus suggested that if we believed what most people claim to be the purpose… — Unknown Author
Try throwing a ball just once for a dog. It would be like eating only one peanut or potato chip. Try to ignore the importuning… — Roger Caras
The proverbial German phenomenon of the verb-at-the-end about which droll tales of absentminded professors who would begin a sentence, ramble on for an entire lecture,… — Douglas Hofstadter

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