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“That this liberty [of the press] is often carried to excess; that it has sometimes degenerated into licentiousness, is seen and lamented, but the remedy has not yet been discovered. Perhaps it is an evil inseparable from the good with which it is allied; perhaps it is a shoot which cannot be stripped from the stalk without wounding vitally the plant from which it is torn. However desirable those measures might be which might correct without enslaving the press, they have never yet been devised in America.”

Book:The Writings of James Madison: 1790-1802

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The Writings of James Madison: 1790-1802

The Writings of James Madison: 1790-1802 is a compilation of essays, letters, and speeches by James Madison, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. The volume spans the early years of Madison's political career, during which he played a pivotal role in shaping the new nation's political framework. It includes his influential contributions to the drafting and ratification of the U.S. Constitution, as well as his thoughts on the nature of government and the rights of citizens. 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

“The true liberty of the press is amply secured by permitting every man to publish his opinion; but it is due to the peace and dignity of society, to inquire into the motives of such publications, and to distinguish between those which are meant for use and reformation, and with an eye solely to the public good, and those which are intended merely to delude and defame. To the latter description, it is impossible that any good government should afford protection and impunity.”

Men Should Use Government Eye Liberty Opinion Impossible Dignity Presses Protection Dues Every Man Motive Latter Description Publish Reformation Publication Secured Impunity Public Good

Author:Thomas McKean

“One of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of one's house. A man's house is his castle.”

Men House Liberty Essentials Property Revolutionary Branches Castles American Revolution

Author:James Otis

“Wherever indeed a right of property is infringed for the general good, if the nature of the case admits of compensation, it ought to be made; but if compensation be impracticable, that impracticability ought to be an obstacle to a clearly essential reform.”

Ifs Made Cases Ought Essentials Property Obstacles Reform Compensation

Book:Correspondence [contin.] 1795-1804; 1777; 1791. Letters of H.G. 1789. Address to public creditors. 1790. Vindication of funding system. 1791

Source: Correspondence [contin.] 1795-1804; 1777; 1791. Letters of H.G. 1789. Address to public creditors. 1790. Vindication of funding system. 1791

“And it is no less true, that personal security and private property rest entirely upon the wisdom, the stability, and the integrity of the courts of justice.”

Justice Security Integrity Court Property Stability Private Property Personal Security

Book:Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a Preliminary Review of the Constitutional History of the Colonies and States, Before the Adoption of the Constitution

Source: Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a Preliminary Review of the Constitutional History of the Colonies and States, Before the Adoption of the Constitution

“In the latter sense, a man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them. He has a property of peculiar value in his religious opinions, and in the profession and practice dictated by them. He has an equal property in the free use of his faculties and free choice of the objects on which to employ them. In a word, as a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights.”