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How could a readiness for war in time of peace be safely
prohibited, unless we could prohibit, in like manner, the
preparations and establishments of every hostile nation? --James
Madison, Federalist No. 41
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That wise Men have in all Ages thought Government necessary
for the Good of Mankind; and, that wise Governments have always
thought Religion necessary for the well ordering and well-being
of Society, and accordingly have been ever careful to encourage
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I never expect to see a perfect work from imperfect
man. --Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 85
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It has been said that all Government is an evil. It would be more
proper to say that the necessity of any Government is a misfortune.
This necessity however exists; and the problem to be solved is,
not what form of Government is perfect, but which
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Sometimes it is said that man can not be trusted with government
of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government
of others? Or have we found angels in the forms of kings to
govern him? Let history answer this question. --Thomas Jefferson
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All the States but our own are sensible that knowledge is
power. --Thomas Jefferson
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Harmony, liberal intercourse with all Nations, are recommended
by policy, humanity and interest. But even our Commercial policy
should hold an equal and impartial hand: neither seeking nor
granting exclusive favours or preferences; consulting
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To the haranguers of the populace among the ancients, succeed
among the moderns your writers of political pamphlets and
news-papers, and your coffee-house talkers. --Benjamin Franklin
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Is there no virtue among us? If there be not, we are in a
wretched situation. No theoretical checks-no form of government
can render us secure. To suppose that any form of government will
secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people
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A rigid economy of the public contributions and absolute
interdiction of all useless expenses will go far towards keeping
the government honest and unoppressive. --Thomas Jefferson
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'Tis substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary
spring of popular government. The rule indeed extends with more
or less force to every species of free Government. --George
Washington
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Experience has instructed us that no skill in the science of
government has yet been able to discriminate and define, with
sufficient certainty, its three great provinces the legislative,
executive, and judiciary; or even the privileges and powers
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When right, I shall often be thought wrong by those whose
positions will not command a view of the whole ground. --Thomas
Jefferson
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Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our
inclination, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter
the state of facts and evidence. --John Adams
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They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little
temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. --Benjamin
Franklin
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Divide et impera must be the motto of every nation that either
hates or fears us. --Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 7
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Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends
the most good and the most evil of any in the world. Justly
understood it is sacred next to those which we appropriate in
divine adoration; but in the mouths of some it means anything
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The value of liberty was thus enhanced in our estimation by
the difficulty of its attainment, and the worth of characters
appreciated by the trial of adversity. --George Washington
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I would rather be exposed to the inconveniencies attending
too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of
it. --Thomas Jefferson
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'Tis well. --George Washington, last words
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His temper was excellent, and he generally observed decorum
in debate. On one or two occasions I have seen him angry, and
his anger was terrible; those who witnessed it, were not disposed
to rouse it again. --Thomas Jefferson
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The proposed Constitution, so far from implying an abolition
of the State governments, makes them constituent parts of the
national sovereignty, by allowing them a direct representation
in the Senate, and leaves in their possession certain exclusive
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What spectacle can be more edifying or more seasonable, than
that of Liberty and Learning, each leaning on the other for their
mutual surest support? --James Madison
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If it be said that the legislative body are themselves
the constitutional judges of their own powers, and that the
construction they put upon them is conclusive upon the other
departments, it may be answered, that this cannot be the natural
presumption
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A universal peace, it is to be feared, is in the catalogue of
events, which will never exist but in the imaginations of visionary
philosophers, or in the breasts of benevolent enthusiasts. --James
Madison
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It is to be the assent and ratification of the several States,
derived from the supreme authority in each State, the authority
of the people themselves. The act, therefore, establishing the
Constitution, will not be a NATIONAL, but a FEDERAL act
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There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate
upon real favours from Nation to Nation. 'Tis an illusion
which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to
discard. --George Washington
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Laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are
neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes...Such laws make
things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants;
they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides
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But the safety of the people of America against dangers from
FOREIGN force depends not only on their forbearing to give
JUST causes of war to other nations, but also on their placing
and continuing themselves in such a situation as not to INVITE
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We established however some, although not all its
[self-government] important principles. The constitutions of most
of our States assert, that all power is inherent in the people;
that they may exercise it by themselves, in all cases to which
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