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To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happ

To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea. – 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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Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power. – James Madison

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Democracy cannot flourish half rich and half poor, any more than it can flourish half free and half slave. – Felix G. Rohatyn, New York Times, 3 June 1987

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An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination. – Voltaire

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