Thursday, July 21, 2005
[ Famous Quotes ] James Madison, 4th U.S. President (1751-1836), Part 1
James Madison, 4th U.S. President (1751-1836), Part 1
If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.
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.
The happy Union of these States is a wonder; their Constitution a miracle; their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world.
Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.
The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.
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