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Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government. ↗

— James Madison

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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 greater purity, the less they are mixed together. ↗

— James Madison

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Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done. ↗

— James Madison

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I have no doubt but that the misery of the lower classes will be found to abate whenever the Government assumes a freer aspect and the laws favor a subdivision of Property. ↗

— James Madison

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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. ↗

— James Madison

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As long as the reason of man continues fallible, and he is at liberty to exercise it, different opinions will be formed. ↗

— James Madison

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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. ↗

— James Madison

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What prudent merchant will hazard his fortunes in any new branch of commerce when he knows not that his plans may be rendered unlawful before they can be executed? ↗

— James Madison

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The world will change for the better when people decide they are sick and tired of being sick and tired of the way the world is, and decide to change themselves. ↗

— Sydney Madwed

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If you make friends with yourself you will never be alone. ↗

— Maxwell Maltz

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