I go on the principle that a public debt is a public curse, and in a Republican Government a greater than in any other.

James Madison

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Topic

National debt

Author

James Madison

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1790 1790s 18th century

Occupation

Founding Father American President National leader Politician

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United States

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Citation

Madison, James. Letter to Henry Lee. 13 April 1790.

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Some degree of abuse is inseparable from the proper use of every thing; and in no instance is this more true, than in that of the press. It has accordingly been decided by the practice of the States, that it is better to leave a few of its noxious branches to their luxuriant growth, than by pruning them away, to injure the vigor of those yielding the proper fruits.

James Madison

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Topic
Freedom of the press

Author

James Madison
Language
English
Time
1800 1800s 19th century
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Original Citation

Madison, James. Report of 1800. Philadelphia, Jan. 1800.

Current Citation

Madison, James. "Report on the Alien and Sedition Acts, January 7, 1800." James Madison: Writings, edited by Jack Rakove. Library of America, 1999.

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Have I not reason to lament
What man has made of man?

William Wordsworth

Lines Written in Early Spring

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Topic
Man's cruelty to man

Author

William Wordsworth
Source
Lines Written in Early Spring
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Lament
Language
English
Time
1798 1790s 18th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Wordsworth, William. "Lines written in early spring." Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems. London: J. and A. Arch, 1798, st. 6.

Current Citation

Wordsworth, William. "Lines written in Early Spring." William Wordsworth: The Major Works: including The Prelude, edited by Stephen Gill. Oxford University Press, 2008, st. 6.