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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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A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce, or a tragedy, or perhaps both. – James Madison

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Government
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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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Let me recommend the best medicine in the world: a long journey, at a mild season, through a pleasant country, in easy stages. – James Madison

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I pray God I may never be brought to the melancholy trial but, if ever I should, it will then be known how far I can reduce to practice principles which I know to be founded in truth. – James Otis

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Truth is on the side of the oppressed. – Malcolm X

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Truth is heavy, so few men carry it. – Jewish Folk Saying

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A biblical false prophet was a servant of the devil attempting to lead people away from the truth. – Walter Martin

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I hope in my lifetime we can all continue to laugh at ourselves and not put down anyone for what they weigh. – Richard Simmons

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I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And thats my one fear: that everything has happened nothing exciting or new or interesting is ever going to happen again… the future is just going to be a vast, conforming suburb of the soul. – J. G. Ballard

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To understand someone, find out how he spends his money. – Mason Cooley

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Parents know best how to push our buttons because they installed them. – Author Unknown

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