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Quote by James Madison
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It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood. – James Madison

Other quotes by James Madison

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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Government
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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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Government
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James Madison
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The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms. – James Madison

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Trust
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Men should pledge themselves to nothing for reflection makes a liar of their resolution. – Sophocles

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Men

Guys are simple… women are not simple and they always assume that men must be just as complicated as they are, only way more mysterious. The whole point is guys are not thinking much. They are just what they appear to be. Tragically. – Dave Barry

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Men

A little philosophy inclineth mans mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth mens minds about to religion. – Francis Bacon

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Men

There is no such thing as justice in the abstract it is merely a compact between men. – Epicurus

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Men

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Credit is a system whereby a person who can not pay gets another person who can not pay to guarantee that he can pay. – Charles Dickens

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Its too bad that one has to conceive of sports as being the only arena where risks are, for all of life is risk exercise. Thats the only way to live more freely, and more interestingly. – William Sloane Coffin, Jr.

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No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one. – Elbert Hubbard

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My love of fine art increased – the more of it I saw, the more of it I wanted to see. – Paul Getty

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