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“You must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.”
― The Federalist Papers
― The Federalist Papers
“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.”
― The Federalist Papers
― The Federalist Papers
“For in politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution.”
― The Federalist Papers
― The Federalist Papers
“The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.”
― The Federalist Papers
― The Federalist Papers
“When occasions present themselves in which the interests of the people are at variance with their inclinations, it is the duty of the persons whom they have appointed to be the guardians of those interests to withstand the temporary delusion in order to give them time and opportunity for more cool and sedate reflection. Instances might be cited in which a conduct of this kind has saved the people from very fatal consequences of their own mistakes, and has procured lasting monuments of their gratitude to the men who had courage and magnanimity enough to serve them at the peril of their displeasure.”
― The Federalist Papers
― The Federalist Papers
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