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

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As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights. – James Madison

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The power of the ballot we need in sheer defense, else what shall save us from a second slavery? – W. E. B. Du Bois

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Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun. – Mao Zedong

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Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the plunderer, and then itself marches upon neighboring lands, killing thousands and pillaging the very hills? – Khalil Gibran

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