"The great desideratum in Government is, so to……" — James Madison

"The great desideratum in Government is, so to modify the sovereignty as that it may be sufficiently neutral between different parts of the Society to controul one part from invading the rights of another, and at the same time sufficiently controuled itself, from setting up an interest adverse to that of the entire Society."

— James Madison

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Our youth can not understand why society chooses to criminalize a behavior with so little visible ill effect or adverse… — Richard M. Nixon
The basic root of happiness lies in our minds; outer circumstances are nothing more than adverse or favourable. — Matthieu Ricard
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Close your ears to all adverse suggestions. Never mind if people call you a fool and a dreamer. Dream on. — Wallace D. Wattles
We cannot doubt that self-interest is the mainspring of human nature. It must be clearly understood that this word is… — Frederic Bastiat
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