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
- No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.
- If we are to take for the criterion of truth the majority of suffrages, they ought to be gotten from those philosophic and patriotic citizens who cultivate their reason.
- 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.
- To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.
- The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government hold their power, is derived.
- The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.
- It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad.
- If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
- The essence of Government is power and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.
- War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason.
Best Quotes
- Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
- Anything that isn't opposed by about 40 percent of humanity is either an evil business or so unimportant that it simply doesn't matter.
- Politicians also have a love affair with the 'small business exemption.' Too much paperwork? Too heavy a burden? Not enough time? Just exempt small businesses from the rule. It sounds so pro-growth. Instead it's an admission that the costs of a regulation just can't be justified.
- No one is guaranteed happiness. You can pursue it, but if you happen to find success along the way on that road to happiness, Conservatives believe you should not be demonized or penalized for it.
- I spend a lot of time reading.
- Judgements prevent us from seeing the good that lies beyond appearances.
- The future you shall know when it has come before then forget it.
- I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.
- I'd love it if American kids were listening to Muslim music.
- The winner's edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in talent. The winner's edge is all in the attitude, not aptitude. Attitude is the criterion for success.