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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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War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason. – 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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power
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And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in showing that religion and Government will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together. – James Madison

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From principles is derived probability, but truth or certainty is obtained only from facts. – Tom Stoppard

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Chase after the truth like all hell and youll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails. – Clarence Darrow

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A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders. A fact will fit every other fact in the universe, and that is how you can tell whether it is or is not a fact. A lie will not fit anything except another lie. – Robert Green Ingersoll

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Im actually a very honest person, and sometimes I end up like, Man, I said too much. Its hard for me not to tell the truth when you ask me. – Drake

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Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our childrens future. And we are all mortal. – John F. Kennedy

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You have to come in and be that character when you walk into the room. Thats what one of my first acting teachers taught me. You know, dont go in there being Jennifer and then expect to flip and change, because theyre not going to have that imagination. – Jennifer Lopez

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The new job of art is to sit on the wall and get more expensive. – Robert Hughes

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We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality. – Albert Einstein

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