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Quote by James Madison
As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equall

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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I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations. – James Madison

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Freedom
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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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The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms. – James Madison

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Trust
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Property
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I told my mother-in-law that my house was her house, and she said, “Get the hell off my property.” – Joan Rivers

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Property

Some men are born to own, and can animate all their possessions. Others cannot: their owning is not graceful; seems to be a compromise of their character: they seem to steal their own dividends. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Property

Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail. – Abraham Lincoln

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Property

The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property. – John Locke

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Property

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