Quote by James Madison
The means of defense against foreign danger historically have beco

The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home. – James Madison

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The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted. – James Madison

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Government
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As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights. – James Madison

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Property
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The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy. – James Madison

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Food
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When I shoot Ill take my family with me – one movie a year and then the rest of the time at home. – Eric Bana

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My mom enlisted in the U.S. Navy in World War II, and my parents actually bought our home thanks to the loan she got through the GI Bill. – Thomas Friedman

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Nature is the mother and the habitat of man, even if sometimes a stepmother and an unfriendly home. – John Dewey

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Music was my joy, my home, the one place I felt happy and secure. – Lawrence Welk

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Discount air fares, a car in every parking space and the interstate highway system have made every place accessible – and every place alike. – Ronald Steel

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Proof is an idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself. – Arthur Stanley Eddington, The Nature of the Physical World

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The only thing that has to be finished by next Tuesday is next Monday. – Jennifer Yane

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Since graduation, I have measured time in 4-by-5-inch pieces of paper, four days on the left and three on the right. Every social engagement, interview, reading, flight, doctors appointment, birthday and dry-cleaning reminder has been handwritten between metal loops. – Sloane Crosley

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