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Letter "J" » James Madison Quotes
«The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny»
Author: James Madison
(President)
| About:
Power
| Keywords:
accumulation, accumulations, appointed, appointing, appoints, definition, elective, executive, Executive power, hereditary, judiciary, justly, legislative, Legislative power, powers, pronounced, pronouncing, self-appointed
«And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in showing that religion and Government will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together»
«What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.»
Author: James Madison
(President)
| Keywords:
controls, external, govern, Human nature, internal, No Angel, reflections
«The Constitution of the United States was created by the people of the United States composing the respective states, who alone had the right .»
Author: James Madison
(President)
| About:
America and Americans,
Constitution
| Keywords:
composing, Constitution of the, Constitution of the United, Constitution of the United States, respective, United States Constitution
«The personal right to acquire property, which is a natural right, gives to property, when acquired, a right to protection, as a social right»
Author: James Madison
(President)
| About:
Right
| Keywords:
acquired, Natural right, natural rights, personal property, protection, social rights
«The happy Union of these States is a wonder; their Constitution a miracle; their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world»
«The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.»
Author: James Madison
(President)
| About:
America and Americans,
Constitution
| Keywords:
American Constitution, American government, armed, constitution, every other, governments, People of, preserves
«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»
Author: James Madison
(President)
| About:
Mankind,
Press,
World
| Keywords:
abuses, chequered, indebted, oppression, the press, the Triumphs, triumphs
«If men were angels, no government would be necessary.»
«Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.»
Author: James Madison
(President)
| About:
Knowledge
| Keywords:
arm, a people, govern, governors, governors and
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