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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A sincere and steadfast co-operation in promoting such a reconstruction of our political system as would provide for the permanent liberty and happiness of the United States. – James Madison

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Happiness
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The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war. – James Madison

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War
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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. – James Madison

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Men
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But that citizens perception was also at one with the truth in recognizing that the very brutality of the means by which the IRA were pursuing change was destructive of the trust upon which new possibilities would have to be based. – Seamus Heaney

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Trust

I always market research my books before I hand them in by showing them to five or six close friends who I trust to be honest with me, so they are very heavily re-written already. – Helen Fielding

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Trust

Whom am I going to trust if I have to back again. – Kamisese Mara

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Trust

Trust not too much to appearances. – Virgil

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Trust

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Id like people to think of me as someone who cares about them. – Princess of Wales Diana

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Reputation

A feeling of sadness and longing that is not akin to pain, and resembles sorrow only as the mist resembles the rain. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Remembrance

Ive had to adapt my wardrobe to my various roles, both at the office, as a mom, and for television. When I shop for the season I look for pieces that will suit every facet of my daily life, not just one single occasion. – Nina Garcia

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mom

Beauty, the eternal Spouse of the Wisdom of God and Angel of his Presence thru all creation. – Robert Bridges

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Beauty