James Madison's Quote - The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is fr

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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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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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In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority. – James Madison

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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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We oppose the reactionary policies of the U.S. government but we do not oppose the American people. We want to have many good friends in the United States. – Kim Jong Il

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Our government… teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. – Louis Brandeis

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I have no doubt that the government of this great nation will work with its people to lead New Orleans and the Gulf Coast back to an enlightened, proud, safe part of the world. – Harry Connick, Jr.

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The fact that political ideologies are tangible realities is not a proof of their vitally necessary character. The bubonic plague was an extraordinarily powerful social reality, but no one would have regarded it as vitally necessary. – Wilhelm Reich

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Wedlock is a padlock. – John Ray, English Proverbs

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Boy, those French: they have a different word for everything! – Steve Martin

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We may see the small value God has for riches, by the people he gives them to. – Alexander Pope, Thoughts on Various Subjects, 1727

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The will of man is his happiness. – Friedrich Schiller

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