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Every nation whose affairs betray a want of wisdom and stability may calculate on every loss which can be sustained from the more systematic policy of its wiser neighbors. – James Madison

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Perhaps it is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad. – James Madison

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In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority. – James Madison

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Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions. – James Madison

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Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Great wisdom is generous petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous. – Zhuang Zi

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The beginning of wisdom is to desire it. – Solomon Ibn Gabirol

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Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart must hold both sisters, never seen apart. – William Dean Howells

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When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall — think of it, ALWAYS. – Mahatma Gandhi

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