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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A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person. – James Madison

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The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to an uniformity of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government. – James Madison

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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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Weve used up a lot of bullets. And we talk about stimulus. But the truth is, were running a federal deficit thats 9 percent of GDP. That is stimulative as all get out. Its more stimulative than any policy weve followed since World War II. – Warren Buffett

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If you shut the door to all errors, truth will be shut out. – Rabindranath Tagore

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The more rapidly truth is spread among mankind the better it will be for them. Only let us be sure that it is the truth. – Thomas Huxley

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Expectations are a form of first-class truth: If people believe it, its true. – Bill Gates

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Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins. – Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

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