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James Madison Quotes: The truth was that all men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.
         

The truth was that all men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.


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The future and success of America is not in this Constitution, but in the laws of God upon which this Constitution is founded.



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Oppressors can tyrannize only when they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press, and a disarmed populace.



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Crisis is the rallying cry of the tyrant.



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If our nation is ever taken over, it will be taken over from within.



The purpose of the Constitution is to restrict the majority's ability to harm a minority.

The purpose of the Constitution is to restrict the majority's ability to harm a minority.



If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.

If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.



If man is not fit to govern himself, how can he be fit to govern someone else?

If man is not fit to govern himself, how can he be fit to govern someone else?



The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the State governments, in times of peace and security.

The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the State governments, in times of peace and security.



Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm.

Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm.



Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.





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When discord dreadful bursts the brazen bars, And shatters iron locks to thunder forth her wars.



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