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The safety and happiness of society are the objects at which all political institutions aim, and to which all such institutions must be sacrificed


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MADISON DAVENPORT I don't like to be negative about math because it really teaches you a lot of great things. You ...
MADISON DAVENPORT I guess I really always wanted to act. When I was seven, I actually had the opportunity to come out ...
MADISON DAVENPORT I actually used to make these little plays. I would stand there, and I would act out where I was dyi...
MADISON DAVENPORT The Internet is the Petri dish of humanity. We can't control what grows in it, but we don't have to ...
TIFFANY MADISON If I could have a Barbie body, which has no cellulite, I totally would. I would like to have a flatt...
HOLLY MADISON I would love to have the honor to get to work with Meryl Streep. I love her and I love her work.
BAILEE MADISON I'd like to follow in the footsteps along like Jodie Foster and Natalie Portman, who got their e...
BAILEE MADISON I'm very, very blessed.
BAILEE MADISON My mom got me into some commercials, and I basically, I guess, just got out of my shell I was in at ...
BAILEE MADISON Work is so much fun that it doesn't really seem like downtime when I'm not. But cooking, spe...
BAILEE MADISON Katie Holmes is really amazing.
BAILEE MADISON