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James Madison Quotes

"Justice is the end of government It is the end of civil society It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be obtained or until liberty be lost in the pursuit""The happy Union of these States is a wonder their Constitution a miracle their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world""The capacity for self-government and the determination to protect their own liberties must resist usurpations as well as avoid making them ""America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity That part of America which had encouraged them most had advanced most rapidly in population agriculture and the arts ""The essence of government is power and power lodged as it must be in human hands will ever be liable to abuse ""I believe that there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations ""The problem to be solved is not what form of government is perfect but which of the forms is least imperfect""The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money""A well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people""Crisis is the rallying cry of the tyrant""Equal laws protecting equal rights the best guarantee of loyalty and love of country""The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted""Ambition must be made to counteract ambition""The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined""If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy""In Republics the great danger is that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority""It is the duty of every man to render to the country the services he is competent to perform""The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home""The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted""Liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty as well as by the abuses of power."

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