Commercial shackles are generally unjust... by James Madison | We Heart Quotes

President Constitution Secretary of State Founding Father Federalist Papers

Commercial shackles are generally unjust, oppressive, and impolitic.

- James Madison

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If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.

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

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The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe with blood for centuries.

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Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against crafty and dangerous encroachments on the public liberty.

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To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea.

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