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Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you wi

Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government. – 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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A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is the best most natural defense of a free country. – James Madison

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

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We Brits print banknotes out in Debden in Essex, and have contracted it out to the private sector. Here in the U.S. it is a government operation right in the heart of Washington next door to the Holocaust Museum. – Evan Davis

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The peoples government, made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people. – Daniel Webster

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If everybody in this town connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing women and drinking, you would have no government. – Barry Goldwater

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Value your friendship. Value your relationships. – Barbara Bush

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Im essentially a mommas boy with a good education. – Tom Sizemore

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