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All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.
Speaker: James MadisonSource: Speech at the Constitutional ConventionPosted: 23 Aug 2009 at 8:28 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment!
All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.
He couldn’t know it, of course; but with that simple nod of his head, Joseph had answered the question that had remained with me, as a dull ache of doubt, since the prison. Joseph was saved. That was the look simmering in his eyes as he nodded his head. It was the fever of salvation. That look, that frowning smile, combined shame and exultation because both are essential – shame gives exultation its purpose and exultation gives shame its reward. We’d saved him as much by joining in his exultation as we had by witnessing his shame. And all of it depended upon our action, our interference in his life, because no man is saved without love.