Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respect…

James Madison
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Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions. ✨ James Madison (1867). 1829-1836, p.478
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Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions. ✨ James Madison (1867). 1829-1836, p.478

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