"Every word decides a question between power and…" — James Madison
"Every word decides a question between power and liberty."
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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 Decides Quotes
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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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A beginner must look on himself as one setting out to make a garden for his Lord's pleasure, on most…
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What the hell kind of man decides to dress up as a bat and run around the city? There's got…
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Remember, no one decides who they're going to vote for based on the vice president. I mean that literally.
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I think the journey for a politician goes from wanting to please all the people all the time, to a…
— Tony Blair
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How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone.
— Coco Chanel
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The man who insists upon seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Accept life, and you must accept…
— Henri Frederic Amiel
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Whenever a warrior decides to do something, he must go all the way, but he must take responsibility for what…
— Carlos Castaneda
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If there really is a God who created the entire universe with all of its glories, and He decides to…
— Dave Barry
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Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.
— Edsger Dijkstra
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Almost all education has a political motive: it aims at strengthening some group, national or religious or even social, in…
— Bertrand Russell
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I've come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It's my personal approach that…
— Haim Ginott
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