"The regulation of commerce, it is true, is……" — James Madison
"The regulation of commerce, it is true, is a new power; but that seems to be an addition which few oppose and from which no apprehensions are entertained."
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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 Addition Quotes
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Schools are not intended to moralize a wicked world, but to impart knowledge and develop intelligence, with only two social…
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It is love rather than sexual lust or unbridled sexuality if, in addition to the need or want involved, there…
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The most important American addition to the World Experience was the simple surprising fact of America. We have helped prepare…
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My sincere hope is that 'The Da Vinci Code,' in addition to entertaining people, will serve as an open door…
— Dan Brown
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I'm a minister, and I serve as a minister in addition to being a university professor.
— Tony Campolo
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It would not lessen the shock and concern, but it would be something concrete in addition to the apologies.
— Celso Amorim
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The vision of an ag park set forth in the BioCrossroads report includes livestock, ... In addition, the vision of…
— Thurman Munson
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I've always said that the 1986 [Immigration Reform and Control] Act had a fourth leg [in addition to law enforcement,…
— Jan C. Ting
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The Catholics have a Pope. Protestants laugh at them, and yet the Pope is capable of intellectual advancement. In addition…
— Robert Green Ingersoll
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When considering the stature of an athlete or for that matter any person, I set great store in certain qualities…
— Donald Bradman
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The golfer has more enemies than any other athlete. He has fourteen clubs in his bag, all of them different;…
— Dan Jenkins
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It is the addition of strangeness to beauty that constitutes the romantic character in art.
— Walter Hagen
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