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An oath-the strongest of religious ties.

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James Madison
Age: 85 †
Born: 1751
Born: March 16
Died: 1836
Died: June 28
4Th U.S. President
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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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If man is not fit to govern himself, how can he be fit to govern someone else?
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The legislative department is everywhere extending the sphere of its activity and drawing all power into its impetuous vortex.
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The strongest passions and most dangerous weaknesses of the human breast ambition, avarice, vanity, the honorable or venal love of fame, are all in conspiracy against the desire and duty of peace.
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[Exchange] the galling burden of bachelorship for the easy yoke of matrimony.
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