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The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is fr

The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government hold their power, is derived. – James Madison

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The happy Union of these States is a wonder their Constitution a miracle their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world. – James Madison

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Hope
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Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. – James Madison

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War
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The essence of Government is power and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. – James Madison

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Government
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How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese? – Charles de Gaulle, about France

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Government

As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government. – Theodore Bikel

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Government

Government proposes, bureaucracy disposes. And the bureaucracy must dispose of government proposals by dumping them on us. – P. J. ORourke

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Government

The Federal Government should be the last resort, not the first. Ask if a potential program is truly a federal responsibility or whether it can better be handled privately, by voluntary organizations, or by local or state governments. – Donald Rumsfeld

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Government

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The present age prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original, fancy to reality, the appearance to the essence for in these days illusion only is sacred, truth profane. – Ludwig Feuerbach

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I have always wanted what I have now come to call the voice of personal narrative. That has always been the appealing voice in poetry. It started for me lyrically in Shakespeares sonnets. – Diane Wakoski

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Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing. – Redd Foxx

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Health