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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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If we are to take for the criterion of truth the majority of suffrages, they ought to be gotten from those philosophic and patriotic citizens who cultivate their reason. – James Madison

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Let me recommend the best medicine in the world: a long journey, at a mild season, through a pleasant country, in easy stages. – James Madison

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To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression. – James Madison

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Two hundred years ago, our Founding Fathers gave us a democracy. It was based upon the simple, yet noble, idea that government derives its validity from the consent of the governed. – Paul Tsongas

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Large legislative bodies resolve themselves into coteries, and coteries into jealousies. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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National security is the first duty of government but we are also committed to reversing the substantial erosion of civil liberties. – Theresa May

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Also, when you escape a Communist regime, you treasure liberty and you understand that as government and state expand, liberty must contract. – Dennis Prager

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The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind. – Albert Camus

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Government shouldnt tell you whom to marry. – Michael Bloomberg

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A lot of us grow up and we grow out of the literal interpretation that we get when were children, but we bear the scars all our life. Whether theyre scars of beauty or scars of ugliness, its pretty much in the eye of the beholder. – Stephen King

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