The essence of Government is power and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.
Quote by James Madison
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The essence of Government is power and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.
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James Madison Quotes
- A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce, or a tragedy, or perhaps both.
- If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
- Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.
- A sincere and steadfast co-operation in promoting such a reconstruction of our political system as would provide for the permanent liberty and happiness of the United States.
- The loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or imagined, from abroad.
- Knowledge will forever govern ignorance and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.
- If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
- In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.
- A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person.
- And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in showing that religion and Government will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together.
Best Quotes
- Where I come from it was really unheard of to be at a party and someone says, 'What kind of music do you make?', and you say, 'Pop music.' You may as well have 'I'm not cool' stamped on your forehead.
- When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear.
- I believe in God like I believe in the sun, not because I can see it, but because of it all things are seen.
- The cause is hidden. The effect is visible to all.
- Show me a frigid women and, nine times out of ten, I'll show you a little man.
- Class is not a fixed designation in this country. We are an upwardly mobile society with a lot of movement between income groups.
- Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time.
- What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.
- Love is the poetry of the senses.
- Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for a time, leave us the weaker ever after.