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James Madison quotes about personality

American President March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836

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on Democracies:"there is nothing to check the inducements to sacrifice the weaker party or an obnoxious individual. Hence it is that such democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths. James Madison
The personal right to acquire property, which is a natural right, gives to property, when acquired, a right to protection, as a social right. James Madison
Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions. James Madison
A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person. James Madison
James Madison quote: "The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the..."
The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted. James Madison

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