"An efficient militia is authorized and contemplated by……" — James Madison
"An efficient militia is authorized and contemplated by the Constitution and required by the spirit and safety of free government."
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461 Quotes by James Madison
James Madison has 461 quotes on this site.
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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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All of these reissues were not authorized by me, I do not endorse them, the live album was put out…
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As the most extravagant errors were received among the established articles of their faith, so the most infamous vices obtained…
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We must sometimes get away from the Authorized Version, if for no other reason, simply because it is so beautiful…
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To be governed is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-ridden, regulated, penned up, indoctrinated, preached at, checked, appraised,…
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The Congress of the United States, in recognition of the unique contribution of the Bible in shaping the history and…
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Notwithstanding, therefore, that we have not witnessed of a large continent, yet, as we may predict the future occurrence of…
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Life's opportunities never end. God designed you to be a continual learner, a continual doer, a continual explorer and a…
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First reason is, it's not authorized in the Constitution, it's an illegal institution. The second reason, it's an immoral institution,…
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Internal self-government under a local constitution was authorized by Congress and approved by the residents in 1952, but federal law…
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A constitution defines and limits the powers of the government it creates. It therefore follows, as a natural and also…
— Thomas Paine
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All I am saying is that anyone can do this. Anyone can ask and anyone can bless, whether anyone has…
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No woman should be authorized to stay at home and raise her children. Society should be totally different. Women should…
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