Quote by James Madison
Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will gener

Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done. – James Madison

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What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. – James Madison

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Government
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The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home. – James Madison

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Home
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The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to an uniformity of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government. – James Madison

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The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is not violence in all the forms deployed by the dominant to control the dominated, but consent in all the forms in which the dominated acquiesce in their own domination. – Robert Frost

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All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come. – Victor Hugo

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power

There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life. – Booker T. Washington

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Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power. – Benjamin Disraeli

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