"In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority."
― James Madison
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― James Madison
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- "The loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or imagined, from abroad."
- "I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations."
- "The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy."
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- "The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great."― Voltaire
- "One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t do."― Henry Ford
- "What’s right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity – intellect and resources – to do some thing about them."― Henry Ford