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First Principles: Government Is Instituted To Protect Property of Every Sort; As Well That Which Lies In the Various Rights of Individuals
“Government is instituted to protect property of every sort; as well that which lies in the various rights of individuals, as that which the term particularly expresses.” – James Madison (1792)
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First Principles: Nothing Is So Contagious As Opinion, Especially On Questions Which, Susceptible of Very Different Glosses, Begat In the Mind A Distrust of Itself
“Nothing is so contagious as opinion, especially on questions which, being susceptible of very different glosses, beget in the mind a distrust of itself.” – James Madison (1790)
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First Principles: The Eyes of the World Being Thus On Our Country, It Is Put the More On Its Good Behavior
“The eyes of the world being thus on our Country, it is put the more on its good behavior, and under the greater obligation also, to do justice to the Tree of Liberty by an exhibition of the fine fruits … Continue reading
First Principles: Wisdom, and Good Examples Are Necessary At This Time To Rescue the Political Machine From the Impending Storm
“Wisdom, and good examples are necessary at this time to rescue the political machine from the impending storm.” – George Washington, Letter to James Madison (November 5, 1786)
First Principles: The Essence of Government Is Power, Lodged As It Must Be In Human Hands, Will Ever Be Liable to Abuse
“The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.” – James Madison (1829)
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First Principles: All Men Having Power Ought To Be Distrusted To A Certain Degree
“All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.” – James Madison (1787)
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First Principles: Stability In Government Is Essential To National Character and To the Advantages Annexed To It
“Stability in government is essential to national character and to the advantages annexed to it, as well as to that repose and confidence in the minds of the people, which are among the chief blessings of civil society.” – James … Continue reading
First Principles: In All Very Numbers Assemblies, of Whatever Character Composed, Passion Never Fails To Wrest the Scepter From Reason
“In all very numerous assemblies, of whatever character composed, passion never fails to wrest the sceptre from reason.” – James Madison (1788)
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First Principles: The Latent Causes of Faction Are Thus Sown In the Nature of Man
“The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man.” – James Madison (1787)
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First Principles: No Government, Any More Than An Individual, Will Long Be Respected Without Being Truly Respectable
“No government, any more than an individual, will long be respected without being truly respectable; nor be truly respectable, without possessing a certain portion of order and stability.” – James Madison, Federalist No. 62, 1788
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