James Madison Quotations A just security to property is not afforded

• Each State, in ratifying the Constitution, is considered as a sovereign body, independent of all others, and only to be bound by its own voluntary act. In this relation, then, the new Constitution will, if established, be a FEDERAL, and not a NATIONAL constitution
• The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.
• A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions.
• A just security to property is not afforded by that government, under which unequal taxes oppress one species of property and reward another species.
• A local spirit will infallibly prevail much more in the members of Congress than a national spirit will prevail in the legislatures of the particular States.

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