The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy.

James Madison

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Independence Happiness

Author

James Madison

Source

Republican Distribution of Citizens National Gazette

Medium

Essay Newspaper

Language

English

Time

1792 1790s 18th century

Occupation

Founding Father American President National leader Politician

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United States

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Original Citation

Madison, James. "Republican Distribution of Citizens." National Gazette, 3 Mar. 1792.

Current Citation

Madison, James. Selected Writings of James Madison, edited by Ralph Ketcham. Hackett Publishing Company, 2006.

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Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.

James Madison

Federalist 51

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Topic
Checks and balances Separation of powers Political theory Politics

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James Madison
Source
Federalist 51 The Federalist Papers
Medium
Essay
Genre
Political literature
Language
English
Time
1788 1780s 18th century
Era
American Revolutionary Period
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Original Citation

Madison, James [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 51, The Structure of the Government Must Furnish the Proper Checks and Balances Between the Different Departments." New York Packet, 8 Feb. 1788.

Current Citation

Madison, James. "No. 51: How to maintain: make the parts check each other. Also, a federal system divides power further.--Madison (or Hamilton)." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.

Another quote from the 1790s

A monarchy is a merchantman which sails well, but will sometimes strike on a rock, and go to the bottom; a republic is a raft which will never sink, but then your feet are always in the water.

Fisher Ames

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Monarchy Democracy Downsides of democracy Political theory
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Fisher Ames
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1795 1790s 18th century
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Original Citation

Ames, Fisher. Address in the House of Representatives. House of Representatives. 1795, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Current Citation

Ames, Fisher. Quoted in A Miracle Mirrored: The Dutch Republic in European Perspective, written by Henk van Nierop, edited by Karel Davids and Jan Lucassen. Cambridge University Press, 2011, ch. 2.

Another quote about Happiness

To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright.

Walter Benjamin

One Way Street

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Self-knowledge Happiness

Author

Walter Benjamin
Source
One Way Street
Language
German
Time
1979 1970s 20th century
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Original Citation

Benjamin, Walter. Einbahnstraße [One Way Street]. Ernst Rowohlt Verlag, 1928.

Current Citation

Benjamin, Walter. One-Way Street, translated by Edmund Jephcott, edited by Michael W. Jennings. Belknap Press, 2016.