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“The means of defence agst. foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at home.”
― James Madison

“The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe in blood for centuries.

[Letter objecting to the use of government land for churches, 1803]”
― James Madison

“The advancement of science and the diffusion of information [is] the best aliment to true liberty.”
― James Madison