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James Madison

A well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people.

-James Madison

alone

To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.

-James Madison

alone

A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is the best most natural defense of a free country.

-James Madison

best

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

best

Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against crafty and dangerous encroachments on the public liberty.

-James Madison

best

A man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them.

-James Madison

communication

Whenever a youth is ascertained to possess talents meriting an education which his parents cannot afford, he should be carried forward at the public expense.

-James Madison

education

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

food

I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.

-James Madison

freedom

No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.

-James Madison

freedom

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.

-James Madison

government

If men were angels, no government would be necessary.

-James Madison

government

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

government

And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in showing that religion and Government will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together.

-James Madison

government

A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce, or a tragedy, or perhaps both.

-James Madison

government

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

government

I have no doubt but that the misery of the lower classes will be found to abate whenever the Government assumes a freer aspect and the laws favor a subdivision of Property.

-James Madison

government

The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government hold their power, is derived.

-James Madison

government

The essence of Government is power and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.

-James Madison

government

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed and in the next place oblige it to control itself.

-James Madison

government

The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to an uniformity of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government.

-James Madison

government

What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.

-James Madison

government

To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea.

-James Madison

government

A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person.

-James Madison

government

The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted.

-James Madison

government

Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.

-James Madison

government

In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.

-James Madison

great

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed and in the next place oblige it to control itself.

-James Madison

great

To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea.

-James Madison

happiness

A sincere and steadfast co-operation in promoting such a reconstruction of our political system as would provide for the permanent liberty and happiness of the United States.

-James Madison

happiness

The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.

-James Madison

home

The loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or imagined, from abroad.

-James Madison

home

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

home

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

home

The happy Union of these States is a wonder their Constitution a miracle their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world.

-James Madison

hope

James Madison

A well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people.

To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.

A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is the best most natural defense of a free country.

Let me recommend the best medicine in the world: a long journey, at a mild season, through a pleasant country, in easy stages.

Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against crafty and dangerous encroachments on the public liberty.

A man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them.

Whenever a youth is ascertained to possess talents meriting an education which his parents cannot afford, he should be carried forward at the public expense.

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.

I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.

No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.

If men were angels, no government would be necessary.

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.

And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in showing that religion and Government will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together.

A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce, or a tragedy, or perhaps both.

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.

I have no doubt but that the misery of the lower classes will be found to abate whenever the Government assumes a freer aspect and the laws favor a subdivision of Property.

The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government hold their power, is derived.

The essence of Government is power and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed and in the next place oblige it to control itself.

The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to an uniformity of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government.

What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.

To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea.

A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person.

The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted.

Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.

In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed and in the next place oblige it to control itself.

To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea.

A sincere and steadfast co-operation in promoting such a reconstruction of our political system as would provide for the permanent liberty and happiness of the United States.

The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.

The loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or imagined, from abroad.

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.

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.

The happy Union of these States is a wonder their Constitution a miracle their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world.

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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