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Chogyam Trungpa Gyatso,
Tibetan Monk
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James Madison never conceived of a Congress left to meditative contemplation and unpressured by the virulent forms of private influence.
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John Carthy,
Gun Shop Sales Assistant
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As James Madison wrote: “The Appropriation or funding of the United States for the use and support of religious societies contrary to the article of the Constitution which declares that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.
When James Madison drafted the amendments to the Constitution that were to become the Bill of Rights, he drew heavily upon the ideas put forth in the Virginia Declaration of Rights.
James Madison: "Americans need not fear the federal government because they enjoy the advantage of being armed, which you possess over the people of almost every other nation.
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Dan Toomey,
Computer Salesman
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As a James Madison University Student, you are eligible to purchase academically priced computer hardware and software through the JMU Bookstore.
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Mark Harris,
Priest
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James Madison is being called as a witness at this point in order to put forever at rest the nonsense that has been written about the Constitutional Convention with respect to Benjamin Franklin's suggestion that prayer be a part of the daily ritual.
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Bob Greenberg,
Congressional Candidate
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The James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions in the department of Politics at Princeton University promotes teaching and scholarship in the area of constitutional law and political thought.
James Madison and members of the joint senate-house conference committee which produced the final draft of the religion clauses chose words carefully.
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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant
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James Madison University has several University Commissions and Committees that carry out a variety of functions and provide many services to the institution, helping it to carry out its academic and administrative goals.
James Madison argued that retroactive legislation also offered special opportunities for the powerful to obtain special and improper legislative benefits.
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Pete Trengle,
Bass Player
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He attended James Madison University as a classical guitar major and began gigging all over the dc/va area as a jazz guitarist.
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Paddy McGuinness,
Newsagent
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James Madison in a letter objecting to the use of government land for churches, 1803: "The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe in blood for centuries.
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