“It may be a reflection on human nature, that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of government. But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?
If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this:
you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.”
― James Madison
“The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.”
― James Madison
“The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.”
― James Madison
“Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.”
― James Madison
“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own governors, must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives.”
― James Madison
“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
“The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation and foreign commerce. ... The powers reserved to the several States will extend to all the objects which in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives and liberties, and properties of the people, and the internal order, improvement and prosperity of the State.”
― James Madison
“The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the State governments, in times of peace and security.”
― James Madison
"Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent. "
-Eleanor Roosevelt
“Age wrinkles the body; quitting wrinkles the soul.”
― Douglas MacArthur
“As government expands, liberty contracts.”
― Ronald Reagan
“There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.”
― Ronald Reagan
“I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph, and there is purpose and worth to each and every life.”
― Ronald Reagan
“The federal government did not create the states. The states created the federal government.”
― Ronald Reagan
“America is too great for small dreams.”
― Ronald Reagan
“When you get to the end of your rope. Tie a knot and hang on.”
― Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.”
― Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.”
― John F. Kennedy
If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this:
you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.”
― James Madison
“The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.”
― James Madison
“The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.”
― James Madison
“Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.”
― James Madison
“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own governors, must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives.”
― James Madison
“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
“The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation and foreign commerce. ... The powers reserved to the several States will extend to all the objects which in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives and liberties, and properties of the people, and the internal order, improvement and prosperity of the State.”
― James Madison
“The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the State governments, in times of peace and security.”
― James Madison
"Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent. "
-Eleanor Roosevelt
“Age wrinkles the body; quitting wrinkles the soul.”
― Douglas MacArthur
“As government expands, liberty contracts.”
― Ronald Reagan
“There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.”
― Ronald Reagan
“I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph, and there is purpose and worth to each and every life.”
― Ronald Reagan
“The federal government did not create the states. The states created the federal government.”
― Ronald Reagan
“America is too great for small dreams.”
― Ronald Reagan
“When you get to the end of your rope. Tie a knot and hang on.”
― Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.”
― Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.”
― John F. Kennedy