All James Madison Quotes
It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad.
James Madison
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A man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them.
James Madison
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Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.
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The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.
James Madison
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All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.
James Madison
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Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government.
James Madison
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Each generation should be made to bear the burden of its own wars, instead of carrying them on, at the expense of other generations.
James Madison
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Despotism can only exist in darkness, and there are too many lights now in the political firmament to permit it to remain anywhere, as it has heretofore done, almost everywhere.
James Madison
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As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights.
James Madison
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The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.
James Madison
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The number, the industry, and the morality of the priesthood, and the devotion of the people have been manifestly increased by the total separation of the church from the state.
James Madison
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Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.
James Madison
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Let me recommend the best medicine in the world: a long journey, at a mild season, through a pleasant country, in easy stages.
James Madison
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The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy.
James Madison
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