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A sincere and steadfast co-operation in promoting such a reconstruction of our political system as would provide for the permanent liberty and happine...more

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The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.

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A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person.

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If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be nece...more

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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 ...more

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In Europe, charters of liberty have been granted by power. America has set the example and France has followed it, of charters of power granted by lib...more

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Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.

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To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea.

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it was impossible to confine a Government to the exercise of express powers; there must necessarily be admitted powers by implication, unless the Cons...more

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Wherever the real power in a Government lies, there is the danger of oppression. In our Governments the real power lies in the majority of the Communi...more

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The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of governm...more

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The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.

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What spectacle can be more edifying or more seasonable, than that of Liberty and Learning, each leaning on the other for their mutual and surest suppo...more

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In no instance have the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people.

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The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments ar...more