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War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason.

~James Madison

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

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A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person.

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The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war.

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To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.

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In no instance have... the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people.

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A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is the best most natural defense of a free country.

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Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise, every expanded prospect.

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The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy.

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Each generation should be made to bear the burden of its own wars, instead of carrying them on, at the expense of other generations.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: President

Born: March 16th, 1751

Died: June 28th, 1836

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