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There are two methods of curing the mischiefs of faction: the one, by removing its causes; the other, by controlling its effects.
Federalist No. 10
Federalist No. 51
Federalist No. 70
Brutus No. 1
The judiciary, on the contrary, has no influence over either the sword or the purse; no direction either of the strength or of the wealth of the society; and can take no active resolution whatever.
Federalist No. 10
The Constitution
Federalist No. 70
Federalist No. 78
It might be here shewn, that the power in the federal legislative, to raise and support armies at pleasure, as well in peace as in war, and their controul over the militia, tend, not only to a consolidation of the government, but the destruction of liberty.
Articles of Confederation
Federalist No. 10
Brutus No. 1
Federalist No. 51
A feeble Executive implies a feeble execution of the government. A feeble execution is but another phrase for a bad execution; and a government ill executed, whatever it may be in theory, must be, in practice, a bad government.
Federalist No. 51
Federalist No. 70
Federalist No. 78
Federalist No. 10
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.
Federalist No. 10
Brutus No. 1
Letter from Birmingham Jail
Federalist No. 51
Extend the sphere, and you take in a greater variety of parties and interests; you make it less probable that a majority of the whole will have a common motive to invade the rights of other citizens; or if such a common motive exists, it will be more difficult for all who feel it to discover their own strength, and to act in unison with each other.
Federalist No. 10
Federalist No. 51
Brutus No. 1
Federalist No. 70
A republic, by which I mean a government in which the scheme of representation takes place, opens a different prospect, and promises the cure for which we are seeking.
The U.S. Constitution
The Articles of Confederation
Federalist No. 10
Brutus No. 1
Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom and independence, and every Power, Jurisdiction and right, which is not by this confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled.
The U.S. Constitution
The Articles of Confederation
Brutus No. 1
Federalist No. 10
You may well ask: "Why direct action? Why sit ins, marches and so forth? Isn't negotiation a better path?" You are quite right in calling for negotiation. Indeed, this is the very purpose of direct action. Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue. It seeks so to dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored.
Federalist No. 78
Federalist No. 70
Letter from Birmingham Jail
Brutus No. 1
No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.
The Articles of Confederation
The U.S. Constitution
Federalist No. 70
Federalist No. 78
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
The Articles of Confederation
The U.S. Constitution
The Declaration of Independence
Letter from Birmingham Jail
If, then, the courts of justice are to be considered as the bulwarks of a limited Constitution against legislative encroachments, this consideration will afford a strong argument for the permanent tenure of judicial offices, since nothing will contribute so much as this to that independent spirit in the judges which must be essential to the faithful performance of so arduous a duty.
Article III of the Constitution
Federalist No. 70
Federalist No. 78
The Articles of Confederation
In determining questions in the united states, in Congress assembled, each state shall have one vote.
The Articles of Confederation
Article I of the U.S. Constitution
The Declaration of Independence
Federalist No. 51
We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. Frankly, I have yet to engage in a direct action campaign that was "well timed" in the view of those who have not suffered unduly from the disease of segregation.
Brutus No. 1
Federalist No. 10
The Declaration of Independence
Letter from Birmingham Jail
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof, for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote.
The Articles of Confederation
Article I of the U.S. Constitution
The Declaration of Independence
Brutus No. 1
It appears from these articles that there is no need of any intervention of the state governments, between the Congress and the people, to execute any one power vested in the general government, and that the constitution and laws of every state are nullified and declared void, so far as they are or shall be inconsistent with this constitution, or the laws made in pursuance of it, or with treaties made under the authority of the United States.
Federalist No. 10
Federalist No. 51
Federalist No. 70
Brutus No. 1
But one of the weightiest objections to a plurality in the Executive, and which lies as much against the last as the first plan, is, that it tends to conceal faults and destroy responsibility.
Federalist No. 10
Federalist No. 51
Federalist No. 70
Federalist No. 78
In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
The Articles of Confederation
The Declaration of Independence
Letter from Birmingham Jail
Federalist No. 10
In order to lay a due foundation for that separate and distinct exercise of the different powers of government, which to a certain extent is admitted on all hands to be essential to the preservation of liberty, it is evident that each department should have a will of its own; and consequently should be so constituted that the members of each should have as little agency as possible in the appointment of the members of the others.
Federalist No. 10
Brutus No. 1
Federalist No. 51
Federalist No. 70
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
The Declaration of Independence
The Articles of Confederation
The U.S. Constitution
Federalist No. 10
It is far more rational to suppose, that the courts were designed to be an intermediate body between the people and the legislature, in order, among other things, to keep the latter within the limits assigned to their authority.
Federalist No. 10
Federalist No. 51
Federalist No. 78
Brutus No. 1