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Fairness of Trials Had

Fairness of Trials Hadby Michael DoyleIn this free land of dignity and rightThe Bill of Rights shines into the nightAmended to our Constitution, our governmentHolds these rights as something self-evidentThe fairness of trials in the Sixth AmendmentMay not seem as … Continue reading

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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 (1788)

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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.” – James Madison (1788)

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Thought For the Day: The Safest Way To Make Laws Respected Is To Make Them Respectable

“The safest way to make laws respected is to make them respectable.” – Frédéric Bastiat

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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 (1788)

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First Principles: 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

“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.” – Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, Federalist No. 62, 1788

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First Principles: Where An Excess of Power Prevails, Property of No Sort Is Duly Respected

“Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions.” – James Madison (1792)

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First Principles: For A Government To Be Respected, It Must Be Respectable

“No government, any more than an individual, will long be respected without being truly respectable.” — James Madison, in Federalist 62  

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