Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.
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The loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or imagined, from abroad.James Madison
A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is the best most natural defense of a free country.
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Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.
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Each State, in ratifying the Constitution, is considered as a sovereign body, independent of all others, and only to be bound by its own voluntary act. In this relation, then, the new Constitution will, if established, be a FEDERAL, and not a NATIONAL constitution.
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If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
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A well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people.
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