Citizens Quotes by James Madison
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The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, selfappointed,…
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James Madison
![“[The proposed establishment] will have a . . . tendency to banish our Citizens. . . . To superadd a fresh motive to emigration by revoking the liberty which they now enjoy, would be the same species of folly which has dishonoured and depopulated flourishing kingdoms.” quote by James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c15/james-madison-373_church_the-proposed-establishment-will-have-a-t_1968416.png)
![“[T]he delegation of the government, in [a republic], to a small number of citizens elected by the rest . . . [is] to refine and enlarge the public views by passing them through the medium of a chosen body of citizens, whose wisdom may best discern the true interest of their country and whose…” quote by James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffa/james-madison-373_and-love_t-he-delegation-of-the-government-in-a-r_999223.png)
![“[Regarding legislative assemblies,] the number ought at most to be kept within a certain limit, in order to avoid the confusion and intemperance of a multitude. In all very numerous assemblies, of whatever characters composed, passion never fails to wrest the scepter from reason. Had every…” quote by James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e9/james-madison-373_assembly_regarding-legislative-assemblies-the-num_1037098.jpg)
![“In a free government the security for civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights. ...under the republican forms [of government], for the rights of every class of citizens, will be diminished: and consequently the stability and independence of some member of the government, the only…” quote by James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef0/james-madison-373_citizens_in-a-free-government-the-security-for-ci_2251086.png)
![“I have appealed to our own experience for the truth of what I advance on this subject [that the legislative power is the predominant power]. Were it necessary to verify this experience by particular proofs, they might be multiplied without end. I might find a witness in every citizen who has…” quote by James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90b/james-madison-373_administration_i-have-appealed-to-our-own-experience-fo_82955.png)
