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In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.
— James Madison
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What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?
— James Madison
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Commercial shackles are generally unjust, oppressive, and impolitic.
— James Madison
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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.
— 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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Let me recommend the best medicine in the world: a long journey, at a mild season, through a pleasant country, in easy stages.
— James Madison
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