Quote by James Madison
Knowledge will forever govern ignorance and a people who mean to b

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. – 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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Education
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I have no doubt but that the misery of the lower classes will be found to abate whenever the Government assumes a freer aspect and the laws favor a subdivision of Property. – James Madison

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War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason. – James Madison

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In government offices which are sensitive to the vehemence and passion of mass sentiment public men have no sure tenure. They are in effect perpetual office seekers, always on trial for their political lives, always required to court their restless constituents. – Walter Lippmann

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We all have the republican spirit in our veins, like syphilis in our bones. We are democratized and venerealized. – Charles Baudelaire

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Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. – Frederic Bastiat

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In the inner city, theres a mentality that the government owes you something. My breakthrough came when I stopped feeling sorry for myself and took responsibility for every part of my life. No more pity parties. Ive gotta love me more than anybody else loves me. – Mary J. Blige

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Trust that little voice in your head that says Wouldnt it be interesting if… And then do it. – Duane Michals

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