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The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of pr

The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to an uniformity of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government. – James Madison

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The happy Union of these States is a wonder their Constitution a miracle their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world. – James Madison

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Hope
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Whenever a youth is ascertained to possess talents meriting an education which his parents cannot afford, he should be carried forward at the public expense. – James Madison

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Education
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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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Large legislative bodies resolve themselves into coteries, and coteries into jealousies. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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But no one has yet succeeded in reducing the size or scope of the federal government. – James Q. Wilson

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The thing is, Obama is right that it would be a calamity for the government to default on its debt by not meeting its obligations. Such a thing has never happened and cant be allowed to happen. – John Podhoretz

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I was elected to come to an incredibly dysfunctional capital and make the government work better, and thats what Im doing. – Andrew Cuomo

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The Polar Express is about faith, and the power of imagination to sustain faith. Its also about the desire to reside in a world where magic can happen, the kind of world we all believed in as children, but one that disappears as we grow older. – Chris Van Allsburg

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I love food, all types of food. I love Korean food, Japanese, Italian, French. In Australia, we dont have a distinctive Australian food, so we have food from everywhere all around the world. Were very multicultural, so we grew up with lots of different types of food. – Hugh Jackman

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Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them. – Bill Vaughn

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