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Quotation #41434 from Classic Quotes:

The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.
James Madison, Speech in the Virginia constitutional convention, Richmond, Virginia, December 2, 1829
4th president of US (1751 - 1836)  

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