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Quote by James Madison
The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects

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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Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done. – James Madison

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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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But no one has yet succeeded in reducing the size or scope of the federal government. – James Q. Wilson

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The fundamental purpose of government is to protect its citizens. – Arlen Specter

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Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. – John Adams

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The people are the government, administering it by their agents they are the government, the sovereign power. – Andrew Jackson

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