"The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty."
-James Madison
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"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.“
-James Madison
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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."
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"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."
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"The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money."
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"If men were angels, no government would be necessary."
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"No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare."
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"Every strike brings me closer to the next home run."
-Babe Ruth
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"Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in."
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"The home is the chief school of human virtues."
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"We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home."
-Edward R. Murrow
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"My home is in Heaven. I'm just traveling through this world."
-Billy Graham
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