"A public debt is a public curse." — James Madison
"A public debt is a public curse."
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James Madison
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461 Quotes by James Madison
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The Alien bill proposed in the Senate is a monster that must forever disgrace its parents.
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It was by the sober sense of our citizens that we were safely and steadily conducted from monarchy to republicanism,…
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The characters and events depicted in the damn bible are fictitious. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, is…
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Who does not see that the same authority which can establish Christianity, in exclusion of all other Religions, may establish…
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If there be a principle that ought not to be questioned within the United States, it is that every man…
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It is proper to take alarm at the first experiment on our liberties. We hold this prudent jealousy to be…
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Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.
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Crisis is the rallying cry of the tyrant.
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A standing army is one of the greatest mischief that can possibly happen.
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War is in fact the true nurse of executive aggrandizement
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The power to declare war, including the power of judging the causes of war, is fully and exclusively vested in…
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The constitution supposes, what the History of all Governments demonstrates, that the Executive is the branch of power most interested…
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More Curse Quotes
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one of 924 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can…
— Hannah Arendt
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I think I hate cynicism more than anything else. It's the curse of our age, and I want to avoid…
— Paul Auster
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I am convinced in my heart and in my mind that if the United States fails to stand with Israel,…
— Michele Bachmann
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Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive…
— Saint Basil
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Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red with uncommon wrath, to blast…
— Joseph Addison
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With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many blessings.
— Ezra Taft Benson
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God loves us; the devil hates us. God wants us to have a fulness of joy as He has. The…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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I believe we shall come to care about people less and less. The more people one knows the easier it…
— Ambrose Bierce
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I loved her. I still love her, though I curse her in my sleep, so nearly one are love and…
— Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective.
— William S. Burroughs
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Some comics really thrive on being disrespectful, especially toward women, and it's somehow understood as edgy, but I'm the opposite.…
— Bryan Callen
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I would as soon leave my son a curse as the almighty dollar.
— Andrew Carnegie
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