Common sense isn't.
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| And what he greatly thought, he nobly dar'd. |
| ~ -The Odyssey of Homer. Book ii. Line 312. ~ |
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| If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the General Welfare, the Government is no longer a limited one, possessing enumerated powers, but an indefinite one, subject to particular exceptions. |
| ~ Letter to Edmund Pendleton, January 21, 1792 (James Madison, 1865, I, page 546) ~ |
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| The Public is an old woman. Let her maunder and mumble. |
| ~ Thomas Carlyle, Journal. (1835). ~ |
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| Liberty requires opportunity to make a living—a living decent according to the standard of the time, a living which gives a man not only enough to live by, but something to live for. |
| ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945), U.S. president. The Wit and Wisdom of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Government and Democracy, p. 31, eds. Peter and Helen Beilenson, Peter Pauper Press (1982). ~ |
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| In order to understand the true nature of the Constitution of the United States, the error must be avoided . . . of viewing it through the medium, of a Consolidated [unitary] Government, or of a Confederated Government, whilst it is neither the one nor the other; but a mixture of both. |
| ~ (James Madison) North American Review, October, 1830 (Peterson, 1974, 2, pages 398-399) ~ |
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| Alonso of Aragon was wont to say in commendation of age, that age appears to be best in four things,-old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. |
| ~ Francis Bacon, Apothegms. No. 97. ~ |
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| I think religion, ideology, economy, and political systems are all man's creation. Since they are man's creation, they must relate with human feeling and the human spirit. If they are practiced with human feeling, they fulfill some basic human aspirations. The various religions and ideologies are meant for humanity and not the opposite. |
| ~ The Path to Tranquility, January 11, 14th Dalai Lama ~ |
Common sense isn't.
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