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The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may be a reflection on human nature, that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of Government. But what is Government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?

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James Madison
Age: 85 †
Born: 1751
Born: March 16
Died: 1836
Died: June 28
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