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Quote by James Madison
If we are to take for the criterion of truth the majority of suffr

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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Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. – James Madison

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War
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War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government which is to reap its fruits. – James Madison

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Government
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The happy Union of these States is a wonder their Constitution a miracle their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world. – James Madison

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The rarest quality in an epitaph is truth. – Henry David Thoreau

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Argument is meant to reveal the truth, not to create it. – Edward de Bono

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I want to go to bed richer than when I woke up. The pursuit of wealth is a wonderful thing, but the thing is you have to be honest about it, you have to tell the truth. – Kevin OLeary

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To attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing the Darkness. It cannot be. – Frank Herbert

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The glory of a nation and an age is always the work of a few great persons, and it disappears with them. – Baron Grimm

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Love the art in yourself and not yourself in the art. – Constantin Stanislavski

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Man is always partial and is quite right to be. Even impartiality is partial. – G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenberg

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I cant just react on the strength of an email and three pages of synopsis, and say Im going to take off for three months of my life. – Emmanuelle Beart

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