"The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted."
― James Madison
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Government
― James Madison
More From James Madison
- "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."
- "Perhaps it is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad."
- "War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason."
More In Government
- "The thing is, Obama is right that it would be a calamity for the government to default on its debt by not meeting its obligations. Such a thing has never happened and can’t be allowed to happen."― John Podhoretz
- "Government is essentially immoral."― Herbert Spencer
- "Remember that government doesn’t earn one single dollar it spends. In order for you to get money from the government, that money must first be taken from somebody else."― Jesse Ventura