Quotes by Famous Americans Past and Present
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Quotes by Famous Americans Past and Present
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James Madison Quotes Click here for James Madison books James Madison and the Struggle for the Bill of Rights (Pivotal Moments in American History) "Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm." "A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions." "A local spirit will infallibly prevail much more in the members of Congress than a national spirit will prevail in the legislatures of the particular States." "A republic, by which I mean a government in which the scheme of representation takes place, opens a different prospect and promises the cure for which we are seeking." "All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree." "Among the features peculiar to the political system of the United States, is the perfect equality of rights which it secures to every religious sect." "An elective despotism was not the government we fought for; but one in which the powers of government should be so divided and balanced among the several bodies of magistracy as that no one could transcend their legal limits without being effectually checked and restrained by the others." "As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights. Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions." "Conscience is the most sacred of all property." "Every man who loves peace, every man who loves his country, every man who loves liberty ought to have it ever before his eyes that he may cherish in his heart a due attachment to the Union of America and be able to set a due value on the means of preserving it." "For the same reason that the members of the State legislatures will be unlikely to attach themselves sufficiently to national objects, the members of the federal legislature will be likely to attach themselves too much to local objects." "The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe with blood for centuries.” "Philosophy is common sense with big words.” "If men were angels, no government would be necessary.” "Americans have the
right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries
whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.”
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