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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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Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government. – 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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Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind. – Thomas Jefferson

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My movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of a culprit who is going to the place of his execution. – George Washington, letter, 1789

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The presidency is now a cross between a popularity contest and a high school debate, with an encyclopedia of cliches the first prize. – Saul Bellow

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This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in. – Theodore Roosevelt

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