American - President | March 16, 1751 - June 28, 1836
The happy Union of these States is a wonder; their Constitution a miracle; their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world.
James Madison
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A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is the best most natural defense of a free country.
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All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.
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The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted.
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The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the state governments, in times of peace and security.
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The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.
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A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person.
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As long as the reason of man continues fallible, and he is at liberty to exercise it, different opinions will be formed.
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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.
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I have no doubt but that the misery of the lower classes will be found to abate whenever the Government assumes a freer aspect and the laws favor a subdivision of Property.
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To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.
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A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce, or a tragedy, or perhaps both.
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