The personal right to acquire property, which is a natural right, gives to property, when acquired, a right to protection, as a social right.

Quote by James Madison

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As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be...

War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped...

War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped...

A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is...

A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is...

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What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men...

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The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human...

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During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What has...

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The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at...

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The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that...

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Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded,...

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If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of...

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Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of...

And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one...

And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one...

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Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence.

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I should not regret a fair and full trial of the entire abolition of capital...

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Strongly guarded as is the separation between religion and government in the Constitution of the...

Every nation whose affairs betray a want of wisdom and stability may calculate on every...

Every nation whose affairs betray a want of wisdom and stability may calculate on every...

And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one...

And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one...

Some day, following the example of the United States of America, there will be a...

Some day, following the example of the United States of America, there will be a...

Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another, it is the only...

Setting an example is not the main means of influencing another, it is the only...

Why may not the Bible and especially the New Testament be read and taught as...

Why may not the Bible and especially the New Testament be read and taught as...