That is not a just government, nor is property secure under it, where the property which a man … - James Madison

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If 90% of success in life is showing up, the other 10% depends on what you're showing up for.

James Madison

That is not a just government, nor is property secure under it, where the property which a man has in his personal safety and personal liberty, is violated by arbitrary seizures of one class of citizens for the service of the rest.

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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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But the mild voice of reason, pleading the cause of an enlarged and permanent interest, is but too often drowned, before public bodies as well as individuals, by the clamors of an impatient avidity for immediate and immoderate gain.

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Our country, if it does justice to itself, will be the workshop of liberty to the civilized world.

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Good conscience is the most valuable asset of all!

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The governments of Europe are afraid to trust the people with arms. If they did, the people would certainly shake off the yoke of tyranny, as America did.

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