"Philosophy is common sense with big words." — James Madison

"Philosophy is common sense with big words."

— James Madison

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461 Quotes by James Madison

James Madison has 461 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The Alien bill proposed in the Senate is a monster that must forever disgrace its parents.
It was by the sober sense of our citizens that we were safely and steadily conducted from monarchy to republicanism,…
The characters and events depicted in the damn bible are fictitious. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, is…
Who does not see that the same authority which can establish Christianity, in exclusion of all other Religions, may establish…
If there be a principle that ought not to be questioned within the United States, it is that every man…
It is proper to take alarm at the first experiment on our liberties. We hold this prudent jealousy to be…
Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.
Crisis is the rallying cry of the tyrant.
A standing army is one of the greatest mischief that can possibly happen.
War is in fact the true nurse of executive aggrandizement
The power to declare war, including the power of judging the causes of war, is fully and exclusively vested in…
The constitution supposes, what the History of all Governments demonstrates, that the Executive is the branch of power most interested…

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If you are careful with people, they will offer you part of themselves. That is the big secret. — Eve Arnold
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These big-package releases. There should be a cute name for them. — Julian Assange
I just wish the world was twice as big and half of it was still unexplored. — David Attenborough
Apart from anything else, I am designed by evolution, like we all are: if we see a little thing like… — David Attenborough
I have a big following among the biogeeks of this world. Nobody ever puts them in books. — Margaret Atwood
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In some places women have all the rights they deserve and in others there are big restrictions - in some… — Michelle Bachelet
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I want my candidacy for the presidency of the United States to stand for a moment when we the people,… — Michele Bachmann

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