The first question that offers itself is, whether the general form and aspect of the government be strictly republican? It is evident that no other form would be reconcileable with the genius of the people of America; with the fundamental principles of the revolution; or with that honourable determination which animates every votary of freedom, to rest all our political experiments on the capacity of mankind for self-government. ✨ James Madison, Ralph Ketcham Selected Writings of James Madison, Hackett Publishing
More Author Quotes
- The great desideratum in Government is, so to modify the sovereignty as that it may be sufficiently neutral between different parts of the Society to controul one part from invading the rights of ano … ▶
- It has been said that all Government is an evil. It would be more proper to say that the necessity of any Government is a misfortune. This necessity however exists; and the problem to be solved is, n … ▶
- The legislative department is everywhere extending the sphere of its activity and drawing all power into its impetuous vortex. ✨ Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (1852). The Federalist, on … ▶
- The real wonder is that so many difficulties should have been surmounted [in the federal convention], and surmounted with a unanimity almost as unprecedented as it must have been unexpected. It is im … ▶
- America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity. That part of America which had encouraged them most had advanced most rapidly in population, agriculture and the arts.
Most Cited Authors
William Shakespeare2362
Cassandra Clare2086
Ralph Waldo Emerson2017
Paulo Coelho1839
Rajneesh1644
Sherrilyn Kenyon1633
Mark Twain1626
C. S. Lewis1624
Rick Riordan1549
Oscar Wilde1401
Albert Einstein1372
J. K. Rowling1274
Rumi1268
Friedrich Nietzsche1258
John Green1254
Swami Vivekananda1206
Thomas Jefferson1179
Richelle Mead1130
Barack Obama1115
Henry David Thoreau1086
Terry Pratchett1070
Stephen King1024
Mahatma Gandhi1019
Jodi Picoult1016
Neil Gaiman977
Haruki Murakami976
Laozi972
27
The Best Quotes
Kate Winslet 
John C. Maxwell 
Stana Katic 
Victor Hugo 
Confucius 
T. S. Eliot 
Ignatius of Antioch 
Gabriel Garcia Marquez 
Brent Smith 
Norman Vincent Peale 
Napoleon Hill 
Scott Lynch 
John Dewey 
Jeanne Birdsall 
Lois McMaster Bujold 
Jack Kerouac Most Liked Authors
- William Shakespeare46.4k
- Cassandra Clare40.9k
- Ralph Waldo Emerson38.9k
- Paulo Coelho35.9k
- Rajneesh32k
- Sherrilyn Kenyon31.8k
- Mark Twain31.7k
- C. S. Lewis31k
- Rick Riordan30.4k
- Oscar Wilde26.9k
- Albert Einstein26.8k
- J. K. Rowling24.6k
- John Green24.5k
- Friedrich Nietzsche24.4k
- Rumi24.3k
- Swami Vivekananda23.3k
- Thomas Jefferson22.7k
- Richelle Mead22.2k
- Barack Obama21.6k
- Terry Pratchett21k
- Henry David Thoreau20.6k
- Stephen King19.8k
- Jodi Picoult19.8k
- Mahatma Gandhi19.7k
- Neil Gaiman19.2k
- Laozi19.1k
- Haruki Murakami19k
27