American power Quote by James Madison Download Open image “The truth was that all men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.” — James Madison ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare American power Corrupt power Forefathers Libertarian Libertarianism Liberty Liberty and justice Limited government Limiting freedom Limiting government Men Ought Political Political power Politics Power and corruption Power corruption Presidential Presidential leadership Public trust Rights and freedoms Truth Truth is Tyranny founding fathers
“When men competed for positions of power, it was generally acknowledged that the ones who got it were invariably the ones who could least… — John Moore Copy Share Image
“there was no objective truth, only the truth that’s established by power.” — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
My opinion is, that power should always be distrusted, in whatever hands it is placed. — William Jones Copy Share Image
“I didn't trust men. I wanted to trust them because I knew there must be some good men in the world, but the ones… — Theresa Weir Copy Share Image
It is astonishing that so simple a truth should ever have had an adversary; and it is one among a multitude of proofs, how… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Men seeking power only acknowledged fact insofar as it supported their ambitions.” — Curtis Craddock Copy Share Image
I repeat... that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own governors, must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives. A… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Rulers who wished to subvert the public liberty, may have found an established Clergy convenient auxiliaries. A just Government instituted to secure & perpetuate… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments… — James Madison Copy Share Image
How could a readiness for war in time of peace be safely prohibited, unless we could prohibit, in like manner, the preparations and establishments… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, selfappointed,… — James Madison Copy Share Image
It is certain that every class is interested in [educational] establishments which give to the human mind its highest improvements, and to every Country… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Since it is impossible for the people spontaneously and universally, to move in concert towards their object; and it is therefore essential, that such… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The definition of the right of suffrage is very justly regarded as a fundamental article of republican government. — James Madison Copy Share Image
The future and success of America is not in this Constitution, but in the laws of God upon which this Constitution is founded. — James Madison Copy Share Image
They can make no law which will not have its full operation on themselves and their friends, as well as on the great mass… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The effect of a representative democracy is to refine and enlarge the public views, by passing them through the medium of a chosen body… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“... But besides the danger of a direct mixture of Religion & civil Government , there is an evil which ought to be guarded… — James Madison Copy Share Image
If I were doing the Security Council today, I'd have one permanent member, the United States, because that's the real reflection of the distribution… — John Bolton Copy Share Image
We will continue to deepen our engagement using every element of American power - diplomacy, military, economic development, the power of our values and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The attitude of the American public toward the external projection of American power has been much more ambivalent. The public supported America's engagement in… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
American power should be used not just in the defense of American interests but for the promotion of American principles. — William Kristol Copy Share Image
I think that Hillary Clinton has an appreciation that American power needs to be put in the service of American values, which is an… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
The two world wars boosted American power and devastated potential rivals to an extent that could not have lasted more than a few decades. — Ian Bremmer Copy Share Image
Great American power and responsibility are not unprecedented, and have been used with restraint and great benefit in the past. We have not assumed… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Ordinary Americans, and especially the small minority active in Democrat and Republican primaries, must learn more of what people across the globe are thinking… — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
The main problem with American power is not that it is American... No, the main problem with American power is the power itself. It… — Timothy Garton Ash Copy Share Image
The real threat to world stability is not too much American power. It is too little American power. — Michael Mandelbaum Copy Share Image
When Vladimir Putin runs up against American power and American criticism and American leadership that reminds him of what Russia isn't, when he runs… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
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