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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
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NUMBER:
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335 |
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AUTHOR:
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James Madison (1751–1836) |
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QUOTATION:
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The danger of disturbing the public tranquillity by interesting too strongly the public passions, is a still more serious objection against a frequent reference of constitutional questions to the decision of the whole society. |
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ATTRIBUTION:
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JAMES MADISON, The Federalist, ed. Benjamin F. Wright, no. 49, p. 349 (1961). |
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SUBJECTS:
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Constitution of the United States |
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