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Quote by James Madison
Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the

Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power. – James Madison

Other quotes by James Madison

War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government which is to reap its fruits. – James Madison

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Government
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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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Home
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James Madison
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The proposed Constitution is, in strictness, neither a national nor a federal constitution; but a composition of both. – James Madison

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Constitution
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Other Quotes from
power
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Order is power. – Henri Frederic Amiel

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power

Each underestimates her own power and overestimates the others. – Deborah Tannen

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power

Time is compressed like the fist I close on my knee… I hold inside it the clues and solutions and the power for what I must do now. – Margaret Atwood

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power

The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days. – Lao Tzu

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power

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While meditating we are simply seeing what the mind has been doing all along. – Allan Lokos

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Meditation

All War Departments are now Defense Departments. This is all part of the doubletalk of our time. The aggressor is always on the other side. – George Wald

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War

The sinews of war are infinite money. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Money

Im not one of those who wants to purge our society of our Christian history. – Richard Dawkins

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History