James Madison - About war - 160884

"War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government which is to reap its fruits.“

-James Madison

posted in war

War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government which is to reap its fruits.

Other Quotes You Might Like

Discover more inspiring quotes from our collection

"Every nation whose affairs betray a want of wisdom and stability may calculate on every loss which can be sustained from the more systematic policy of its wiser neighbors."

-James Madison

wisdomView Quote

"War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason."

-James Madison

"The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war."

-James Madison

"Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other."

-James Madison

"If we are to take for the criterion of truth the majority of suffrages, they ought to be gotten from those philosophic and patriotic citizens who cultivate their reason."

-James Madison

truthView Quote

"Perhaps it is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad."

-James Madison

truthView Quote

More Quotes About war

Explore other inspiring quotes in this category

"All War Departments are now Defense Departments. This is all part of the doubletalk of our time. The aggressor is always on the other side."

-George Wald

"War is not civilized."

-Talib Kweli

"The concept of war crimes is an American invention."

-George Wald

"Howard Dean has been successful because he was clear in his opposition to the war. People appreciate a politician with the courage to say, I oppose this war."

-Bianca Jagger

"I think its man's nature to go to war and fight."

-Talib Kweli

"There is nothing worth having that can he obtained by nuclear war - nothing material or ideological - no tradition that it can defend. It is utterly self-defeating."

-George Wald