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James Madison

"All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree."

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"Most people know no other way of judging men's worth but by the vogue they are in, or the fortunes they have met with."

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"A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter."

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"Pain is as diverse as man. One suffers as one can."

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"Men become accustomed to poison by degrees."

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"Why is it that many contemporary male thinkers, especially men of color, repudiate the imperialist legacy of Columbus but affirm dimensions of that legacy by their refusal to repudiate patriarchy?"

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"Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice."

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"There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices."

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"There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men."

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"It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated; and we are very loath to believe what we are not able to comprehend."

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"There is nothing men are so generous of as advice."

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"The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse."
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"What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary."
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"Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms."
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