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First Principles: Public Opinion Sets Bounds To Every Government and Is the Real Sovereign In Every Free One
“Public opinion sets bounds to every government, and is the real sovereign in every free one.” – James Madison (1791)
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First Principles: The Essence of Government Is Power, and 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: If Congress Can Do Whatever In Their Discretion Can Be Done By Money, and Will Promote the General Welfare, the Government Is No Longer A Limited One, Possessing Enumerated Powers, But an Indefinite One, Subject To Particular Exceptions
“If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the General Welfare, the Government is no longer a limited one, possessing enumerated powers, but an indefinite one, subject to particular exceptions.” – James … Continue reading
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First Principles: If Congress Can Do Whatever In Their Discretion Can Be Done By Money, and Will Promote the General Welfare, the Government Is No longer A Limited One, Possessing Enumerate Powers
“If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the General Welfare, the Government is no longer a limited one, possessing enumerated powers, but an indefinite one, subject to particular exceptions.” – James … Continue reading
First Principles: The Right of Freely Examining Public Characters and Measures, and of Free Communication Among the People Thereon… Has Ever Been Justly Deemed the Only Effectual Guardian of Every Other Right
“The right of freely examining public characters and measures, and of free communication among the people thereon … has ever been justly deemed the only effectual guardian of every other right.”– James Madison (1798)
First Principles: Liberty Is To Faction What Air Is To Fire, An Ailment Without Which It Instantly Expires
“Liberty is to faction what air is to fire, an aliment without which it instantly expires.”– James Madison
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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: The Interest of the Man Must Be Connected With the Constitutional Rights of the Place
“The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may be a reflection on human nature that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of government.” – James Madison (1788)
First Principles: All Men Having Power Ought To Be Distrusted
“All men having power ought to be distrusted…” – James Madison (1787)
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First Principles: The Right of Freely Examining Public Characters and Measures…Has Ever Been Justly Deemed the Only Effectual Guardian of Every Other Right
“The right of freely examining public characters and measures … has ever been justly deemed the only effectual guardian of every other right.” – James Madison (1798)
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