Quote by James Madison
The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Amer

The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms. – James Madison

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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 oblige it to control itself. – James Madison

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Government
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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 support? – James Madison

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Learning
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The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted. – James Madison

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I never trust an executive who tends to pass the buck. Nor would I want to deal with him as a customer or a supplier. – James Cash Penney

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I trust my instincts. – Billy Zane

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No dance has ever turned out the way I thought it would, because I trust enough that I can start something with some ideas and then it takes itself somewhere. – Mark Morris

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I never trusted good-looking boys. – Frances McDormand

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Have a sense of humor about life – you will need it. And be courteous. – Peter Jennings

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There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for some men it is quite as difficult to record an observation in brief and plain language. – William Osler

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Think youre escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home. – James Joyce

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Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild. – Denis Diderot

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