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In framing a government which is to be administered by men over me

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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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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James Madison
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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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Government
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James Madison
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Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done. – James Madison

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power
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History tells us that America does best when the private sector is energetic and entrepreneurial and the government is attentive and engaged. Who among us, really, would, looking back, wish to edit out either sphere at the entire expense of the other? – Jon Meacham

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We dont need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government. – Rand Paul

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Government

It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped. – Hubert H. Humphrey

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The time has come to tell the truth about the corruption of the government employee unions in this country. – Newt Gingrich

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“Give us this day our daily bread” is probably the most perfectly constructed and useful sentence ever set down in the English language. – P.J. Wingate

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But, though I crave for work, I still like to be fair. I do not ask for more than my proper share. – Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), 1889

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Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is freedom. – Marilyn Ferguson

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I think movies have much more magic than the theater. Theater can be a magical experience, but movies thrust their subjectivity on you in a more profound way. – Zoe Kazan

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