Liberty and order will never be perfectly safe until a trespass on the…

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Liberty and order will never be perfectly safe until a trespass on the Constitution provisions for either, shall be felt with the same keenness that resents and invasion of the dearest rights. ✨ James Madison (1865). Letters and other writings of James Madison, p.468
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Liberty and order will never be perfectly safe until a trespass on the Constitution provisions for either, shall be felt with the same keenness that resents and invasion of the dearest rights. ✨ James Madison (1865). Letters and other writings of James Madison, p.468

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