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- Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless. — Honore de Balzac
- All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual. — Honore de Balzac
- Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all. — George Washington
- Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done. — James Madison
- A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person. — James Madison
- War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason. — James Madison