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Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly res

Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions. – 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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What spectacle can be more edifying or more seasonable, than that of Liberty and Learning, each leaning on the other for their mutual and surest support? – James Madison

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In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority. – James Madison

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I repeat… that all power is a trust that we are accountable for its exercise that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist. – Benjamin Disraeli

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The man whose authority is recent is always stern. – Aeschylus

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