Quote by James Madison
All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree. -

All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree. – James Madison

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Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against crafty and dangerous encroachments on the public liberty. – 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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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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Wise men speak because they have something to say Fools because they have to say something. – Plato

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Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men. – Henry David Thoreau

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