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The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted. - J

The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted. – James Madison

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Americans have the right and advantage of being armed – unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms. – James Madison

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Trust
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James Madison
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I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations. – James Madison

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Freedom
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The loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or imagined, from abroad. – James Madison

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Home
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They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, Can he name a kitten? – Samuel Butler

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In the Old Testament, it says that if you have the power to do something good, then you have to do it. Youre not to avoid helping somebody in their time of need. – Rick Warren

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power

Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and then they can pick it up. – Hannah Arendt

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power

Nowhere has the political power of coal been more obvious than in presidential campaigns. – Jeff Goodell

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People didnt have the political guts to stand up against an American war. – George McGovern

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A man loses his illusions first, his teeth second, and his follies last. – Helen Rowland

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Im still a bit of a romantic and an idealist and hopelessly naive. – Brit Marling

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I believe we are free, within limits, and yet there is an unseen hand, a guiding angel, that somehow, like a submerged propeller, drives us on. – Rabindranath Tagore

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