James madison

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If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government
A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person.
Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government.
The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny