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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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Perhaps it is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad. – James Madison

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What spectacle can be more edifying or more seasonable, than that of Liberty and Learning, each leaning on the other for their mutual and surest support? – 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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When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldnt swallow the hypocrisy. – Barry White

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One universe made up all that is; and one God in it all, and one principle of being, and one law, the reason shared by all thinking creatures, and one truth. – Marcus Aurelius

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The truth is, Im proud of the life Ive lived so far, and though Ive made my share of mistakes, I have no regrets. – Carly Fiorina

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On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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Smile at each other, smile at your wife, smile at your husband, smile at your children, smile at each other — it doesnt matter who it is — and that will help you to grow up in greater love for each other. – Mother Theresa

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Weve had Town Hall meetings, weve witnessed election after election, in which the American people have taken a position on the Presidents health care bill. And the bottom line is the people dont like this bill. They dont want it. – Eric Cantor

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Our fathers had their dreams we have ours the generation that follows will have its own. Without dreams and phantoms man cannot exist. – Olive Schreiner

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