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James Madison

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The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.
— James Madison
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It may not be easy, in every possible case, to trace the line of separation between the rights of religion and the Civil authority with such distinctness as to avoid collisions and doubts on unessential points. The tendency to usurpation on one side or the other, or to a corrupting coalition or alliance between them, will be best guarded agst. by an entire abstinence of the Govt. from interference in any way whatsoever, beyond the necessity of preserving public order, and protecting each sect agst. trespasses on its legal rights by others.

[Letter to the Reverend Jasper Adams, January 1, 1832]
— James Madison
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Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.
— James Madison
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On a candid examination of history, we shall find that turbulence, violence, and abuse of power, by the majority, trampling on the rights of the minority, have produced factions and commotions which, in republics, have, more frequently than any other
— James Madison
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The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.
— James Madison
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