104 ordspråk av James Madison
James Madison
James Madison föddes den
16 März 1751 och dog den 28 Juni
1836 - (1809-17), and one of the founding fathers of his country.
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I go on the principle that a public debt is a public curse, and in a Republican Government a greater curse than any other
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I was there and this is what we meant.
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I'm a little nervous talking to you, ... I'm not used to talking to all these girls.
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If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
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If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy
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If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy
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In all great changes of established governments, forms ought to give way to substance
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In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself
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In no instance have . . . the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people.
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In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority
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Indulging no passions which trespass on the rights or the repose of other nations, it has been the true glory of the US to cultivate peace by observing justice, and to entitle themselves to the respect of the nations at war by fulfilling their neutra
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It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad.
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It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.
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Keep within the requisite limits a standing military force, always remembering that an armed and trained militia is the firmest bulwark of republics - that without standing armies their liberty can never be in danger, nor with large ones safe
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