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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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It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood. – James Madison

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The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home. – James Madison

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Every nation whose affairs betray a want of wisdom and stability may calculate on every loss which can be sustained from the more systematic policy of its wiser neighbors. – James Madison

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One is certain of nothing but the truth of ones own emotions. – E. M. Forster

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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? – Dōgen Zenji

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A new untruth is better than an old truth. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth. – Otto von Bismarck

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