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OPINIONS
"Of all the
enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be
dreaded because it comprises and develops the germ of every
other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and
taxes. And armies, and debts, and taxes are the known
instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the
few.... No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of
continual warfare."
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James Madison,
4th President of the US, April 20, 1795
(source: James Madison [1795] "Political
Observations, April 20, 1795", in: Letters and Other
Writings of James Madison, Published by order of Congress,
4 volumes; Edited by Philip R. Fendall. Philadelphia: Lippincott,
1865. Volume IV, page 491.
Note: this citation is sometimes misquoted as August 1793) |
| "We hold these
truths to be self-evident: That all men are created equal;
that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable
rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit
of happiness; that, to secure these rights, governments are
instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the
consent of the governed; that whenever any form of government
becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people
to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government,
laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its
powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect
their safety and happiness." |
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Declaration of Independence, 1776
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Declaration of Independence is constitutional law of the US) |
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