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A standing army is one of the greatest mischief that can possibly happen.
James Madison
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James Madison
Age: 85 †
Born: 1751
Born: March 16
Died: 1836
Died: June 28
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The nation which reposes on the pillow of political confidence, will sooner or later end its political existence in a deadly lethargy.
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Resistance to tyranny is service to God.
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Power is of an encroaching nature.
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If this spirit shall ever be so far debased, as to tolerate a law not obligatory on the legislature, as well as on the people, the people will be prepared to tolerate any thing but liberty.
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If Congress can employ money indefinitely to the general welfare... they may appoint teachers in every state... The powers of Congress would subvert the very foundation, the very nature of the limited government established by the people of America.
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Having outlived so many of my contemporaries, I ought not to forget that I may be thought to have outlived myself.
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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.
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In the first place, it is to be remembered, that the general government is not to be charged with the whole power of making and administering laws. Its jurisdiction is limited to certain enumerated objects, which concern all the members of the republic, but which are not to be attained by the separate provisions of any.
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[Christianity] existed and flourishes, not only without the support of human laws, but in spite of every opposition from them.
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I go on the principle that a public debt is a public curse and in a republican government more than in any other.
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What is the structure of government that will best guard against the precipitate counsels and factious combinations for unjust purposes, without a sacrifice of the fundamental principle of republicanism?
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Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done.
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Every new and successful example of a perfect separation between ecclesiastical and civil matters is of importance.
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No power over the freedom of religion [is] delegated to the United States by the Constitution.
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