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“If our nation is ever taken over, it will be taken over from within.”

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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

“There is an evil which ought to be guarded against in the indefinite accumulation of property from the capacity of holding it in perpetuity by...corporations. The power of all corporations ought to be limited in this respect. The growing wealth acquired by them never fails to be a source of abuses.”

Evil Wealth Growing Failing Source Ought Capacity Abuse Property Corporations Accumulation Guarded

Author:James Madison

“I wish very much that the wrong people could be prevented entirely from breeding”

People Wish Breeding Eugenics Sterilization

Book:The Works of Theodore Roosevelt

Source: The Works of Theodore Roosevelt

“A good shot must necessarily be a good man since the essence of good marksmanship is self-control and self-control is the essential quality of a good man.”

Men Self Quality Essentials Shots Essence Good Man Good People Self Control Marksman Marksmanship

Author:Theodore Roosevelt

“In the long run, the most unpleasant truth is a safer companion than a pleasant falsehood.”

Long Running Truth Is Pleasant Companion Falsehood Long Runs

Book:Theodore Roosevelt's Words of Wit and Wisdom

Source: Theodore Roosevelt's Words of Wit and Wisdom

“Had I learned to fiddle, I should have done nothing else.”

Should Done Should Have Fiddle

Book:The Life of Samuel Johnson

Source: The Life of Samuel Johnson

“Ink is the blood of the printing-press.”

Blood Presses Ink Printing Printing Press

Author:John Milton

“Cigars served me for precisely fifty years as protection and a weapon in the combat of life... I owe to the cigar a great intensification of my capacity to work and a facilitation of my self-control.”

Years Self Weapons Capacity Protection Fifty Combat Self Control Cigar

Author:Sigmund Freud

“Science is a willingness to accept facts even when they are opposed to wishes.”

Facts Wish Accepting Willingness

Book:Science And Human Behavior

Source: Science And Human Behavior

“It is certain that the Jew, if he desired-or if they were driven to it, as the antisemites seem to wish-could now have the ascendancy, nay, literally the supremacy, over Europe; that they are not working or planning for that end is equally sure... The resourcefulness of the modern Jews, both in mind and soul, is extraordinary.”

Ifs Mind Soul Ends Seems Certain Wish Modern Europe Extraordinary Jew Driven Planning Supremacy Resourcefulness Ascendancy

Author:Friedrich Nietzsche

“Those who know nothing about history are doomed forever to repeat it.”

Knows Forever Repeats Doomed

Author:Will Durant

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