"It should therefore be difficult in a republic……" — Joseph Story
"It should therefore be difficult in a republic to declare war; but not to make peace."
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47 Quotes by Joseph Story
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It yet remains a problem to be solved in human affairs, whether any free government can be permanent, where the…
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[I]t is impossible for those, who believe in the truth of Christianity, as a divine revelation, to doubt, that it…
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One of the ordinary modes, by which tyrants accomplish their purposes without resistance, is, by disarming the people, and making…
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The militia is the natural defense of a free country against sudden foreign invasions, domestic insurrections, and domestic usurpations of…
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Temporary delusions, prejudices, excitements, and objects have irresistible influence in mere questions of policy. And the policy of one age…
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Piety, religion, and morality are intimately connected with the well being of that state, and indispensable to the administration of…
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Let the American youth never forget, that they possess a noble inheritance, bought by the toils, and sufferings, and blood…
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Constitutions are not designed for metaphysical or logical subtleties, for niceties of expression, for critical propriety, for elaborate shades of…
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[The necessary and proper clause] neither enlarges any power specifically granted; nor is it a grant of any new power…
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So that the executive and legislative branches of the national government depend upon, and emanate from the states. Every where…
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The state governments have a full superintendence and control over the immense mass of local interests of their respective states,…
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In the next place, the state governments are, by the very theory of the constitution, essential constituent parts of the…
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First, I think more Americans need to declare their independence from partisan politics on both sides. The more that Americans…
— John Avlon
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To declare that in the administration of criminal law the end justifies the means to declare that the Government may…
— Louis D. Brandeis
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I'll declare my own interest right here at the start and admit that, like the vast majority of people, I…
— Julie Burchill
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Monarchists frequently declare that without the royal family, Britain would be 'nothing.' What a woeful lack of love for one's…
— Julie Burchill
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I've never really had a hobby, unless you count art, which the IRS once told me I had to declare…
— Laurie Anderson
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I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect…
— Susan B. Anthony
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It was good of Friedrich Nietzsche to declare God dead - I declare that he has never been born. It…
— Rajneesh
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There is much that is difficult and challenging in the world today, my brothers and sisters, but there is also…
— Thomas S. Monson
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Whoever lays his hand on me to govern me is a usurper and tyrant, and I declare him my enemy.
— Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
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When I left the house of bondage I left everything behind. I wasn't going to keep nothing of Egypt on…
— Sojourner Truth
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No matter how much someone may irritate me, I have no right to puff myself up with my own self-importance…
— Paulo Freire
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In opposition to the plenary ability taught by the Pelagians, the gracious ability of the Arminians, and the natural ability…
— Augustus Hopkins Strong
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