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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 framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed and in the next place...more

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Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be obtained, or until liberty be ...more

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

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All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.

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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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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

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The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.

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What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?

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And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in showing that religion and Government will both exist in greate...more