"The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty."
-James Madison
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"It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.“
-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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