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If men were angels, no government would be necessary. - James Madi

If men were angels, no government would be necessary. – James Madison

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A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person. – James Madison

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James Madison
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Knowledge will forever govern ignorance and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. – James Madison

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Government
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There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America. – William J. Clinton

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I leave you, hoping that the lamp of liberty will burn in your bosoms until there shall no longer be a doubt that all men are created free and equal. – Abraham Lincoln

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He raised his hands, not to strike, but in benediction. Lincoln was the grandest figure of the fiercest civil war. He is the gentlest memory of our world. – Robert G. Ingersoll

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Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive. – Theodore Roosevelt

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It has been my observation that parents kill more dreams than anybody. – Spike Lee

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For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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If those who are the enemies of innocent amusements had the direction of the world, they would take away the spring, and youth, the former from the year, the latter from human life. – Honore de Balzac

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