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“In framing a system, which we wish to last for ages, we should not lose sight of the changes which ages will produce.”

Book:The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution: As Recommended by the General Convention at Philadelphia, in 1787. Together with the Journal of the Federal Convention, Luther Martin's Letter, Yate's Minutes, Congressional Opinions, Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of '98-'99, and Other Illustrations of the Constitution

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The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution: As Recommended by the General Convention at Philadelphia, in 1787. Together with the Journal of the Federal Convention, Luther Martin's Letter, Yate's Minutes, Congressional Opinions, Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of '98-'99, and Other Illustrations of the Constitution

The Debates in the Several State Conventions offers a comprehensive look into the discussions and considerations that led to the adoption of the United States Constitution. It includes the official journal of the Federal Convention, correspondence from Luther Martin, and minutes from Yate's observations. Additionally, it features Congressional opinions, the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of 1798-1799, and other documents that provide insight into the early interpretation and application of the Constitution. more

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James Madison

James Madison, the 4th President of the United States, was born on March 16, 1751, and died on June 28, 1836. He was a key figure in drafting the U.S. Constitution and had a profound impact on the political system of the United States. more

“In time of actual war, great discretionary powers are constantly given to the Executive Magistrate. Constant apprehension of War, has the same tendency to render the head too large for the body. A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty.”

Source: The Writings of James Madison: 1787. The journal of the Constitutional convention

“Man, who preys both on the vegetable and animal species, is himself a prey to neither. He too possesses the reproductive principle far beyond the degree requisite for the bare continuance of his species. What becomes of the surplus of human life to which this principle is competent?”

Men Humans Animal Principles Degrees Species Human Life Vegetables Prey Competent Surplus Continuance

Book:1829-1836

Source: 1829-1836

“So strong is this propensity of mankind to fall into mutual animosities, that where no substantial occasion presents itself, the most frivolous and fanciful distinctions have been sufficient to kindle their unfriendly passions and excite their most violent conflicts. But the most common and durable source of factions has been the various and unequal distribution of property.”

Source: The Federalist, on the New Constitution, Written in the Year 1788

“You know, in my hometown of Hope, Arkansas, the three sacred heroes were Jesus, Elvis, and FDR, not necessarily in that order.”

Knows Order Three Jesus Hero Sacred Hometown Arkansas

Author:Mike Huckabee

“Some degree of abuse is inseparable from the proper use of every thing; and in no instance is this more true than in that of the press. It has accordingly been decided, by the practice of the states, that it is better to leave a few of its noxious branches to their luxuriant growth, than, by pruning them away, to injure the vigor of those yielding the proper fruits.”

States Use Growth Practice Degrees Decided Abuse Presses Fruit Instance Branches Inseparable Vigor Pruning

Author:James Madison

“We maintain therefore that in matters of Religion, no man's right is abridged by the institution of Civil Society, and that Religion is wholly exempt from its cognizance.”

Men Matter Institutions Civil Society

Book:A memorial and remonstrance, on the religious rights of man; written in 1784-5, at the request of the religious society of Baptists in Virginia. ...

Source: A memorial and remonstrance, on the religious rights of man; written in 1784-5, at the request of the religious society of Baptists in Virginia. ...

“The Lord doesn't ask about your ability, only your availability; and, if you prove your dependability, the Lord will increase your capability.”

Ifs Asks Ability Lord Prove Increase Capability Availability Dependability

Author:Neal A. Maxwell

“My stern chase after time is, to borrow a simile from Tom Paine, like the race of a man with a wooden leg after a horse.”

Men Race Horse Legs Toms Simile Paine Tom Paine

Book:The Selected Writings of John and John Quincy Adams

Source: The Selected Writings of John and John Quincy Adams

“I feel that we are on the eve of a new era, when there is to be great harmony between the Federal and Confederate. I cannot stay to be a living witness to the correctness of this prophecy; but I feel it within me that it is to be so.”

Feels Harmony Witness Eras Prophecy Correctness New Era Confederate

Book:Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

Source: Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

“The cause of the great War of the Rebellion against the United Status will have to be attributed to slavery.”