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Virtue
Is there no virtue among us? If there be not, we are in a wretched situation. No theoretical checks-no form of government can render us secure. To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea, if there be sufficient virtue and intelligence…
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All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree. James Madison Constitutional Convention July 11, 1787
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Our country is in danger, but not to be despaired of. Our enemies are numerous and powerful; but we have many friends, determining to be free, and heaven and earth will aid the resolution. On you depend the fortunes of America. You are to decide the important question, on which rest the happiness and liberty…
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Live free or die: Death is not the worst of evils. John Stark 32nd Anniversary Reunion of the 1777 Battle of Bennington July 31, 1809
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An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, a power to destroy; because there is a limit beyond which no institution and no property can bear taxation. John Marshall McCullough v. Maryland 1819
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