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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I go on the principle that a public debt is a public curse, and in...

I go on the principle that a public debt is a public curse, and in...

Any reading not of a vicious species must be a good substitute for the amusements...

Any reading not of a vicious species must be a good substitute for the amusements...

Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other...

Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other...

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

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

The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment,...

The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment,...

The principles and modes of governments are too important to be disregarded by an inquisitive...

The principles and modes of governments are too important to be disregarded by an inquisitive...

Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done.

Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done.

Government destitute of energy, will ever produce anarchy.

Government destitute of energy, will ever produce anarchy.

The internal effects of a mutable policy poisons the blessings of liberty itself.

The internal effects of a mutable policy poisons the blessings of liberty itself.

The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is...

The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is...

The safety and happiness of society are the objects at which all political institutions aim,...

The safety and happiness of society are the objects at which all political institutions aim,...

Philosophy is common sense with big words.

Philosophy is common sense with big words.

The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted

The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted

Another of my wishes is to depend as little as possible on the labor of...

Another of my wishes is to depend as little as possible on the labor of...

A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble...

A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble...

Whenever a youth is ascertained to possess talents meriting an education which his parents cannot...

Whenever a youth is ascertained to possess talents meriting an education which his parents cannot...

A good government implies two things: fidelity to the object of government, which is the...

A good government implies two things: fidelity to the object of government, which is the...

Fidelity is a virtue which should be frequently proved, but not always.

Fidelity is a virtue which should be frequently proved, but not always.

Even when I'm dead, I'll swim through the Earth, like a mermaid of the soil,...

Even when I'm dead, I'll swim through the Earth, like a mermaid of the soil,...

Most men find it difficult to remain true to a single woman, but relatively easy...

Most men find it difficult to remain true to a single woman, but relatively easy...

Creative semantics is the key to contemporary government; it consists of talking in strange tongues...

Creative semantics is the key to contemporary government; it consists of talking in strange tongues...

The knowledge of the causal power of thought is the basis of all their (Hebrew)...

The knowledge of the causal power of thought is the basis of all their (Hebrew)...