I should not regret a fair and full tria... by James Madison | We Heart Quotes

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

- James Madison

Other quotes by James Madison

Hope World

The happy Union of these States is a wonder; their Constitution a miracle; their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world.

- James Madison

Wrong Power Will

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

- James Madison

Government Will

I have no doubt but that the misery of the lower classes will be found to abate whenever the Government assumes a freer aspect and the laws favor a subdivision of Property.

- James Madison

Darkness Now

Despotism can only exist in darkness, and there are too many lights now in the political firmament to permit it to remain anywhere, as it has heretofore done, almost everywhere.

- James Madison

May Power

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

- James Madison

If our nation is ever taken over, it will be taken over from within.

- James Madison

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Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.

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Even though this is late in an election year, there is no way we can go forward except together and no way anybody can win except by serving the people's urgent needs. We cannot stand still or slip backwards. We must go forward now together.

- Gerald R. Ford

I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.

- John F. Kennedy