The fetters imposed on liberty at home have ever been forged out of the weapons provided for defense against real, pretended, or… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Wherever the real power in a Government lies, there is the danger of oppression. — James Madison Copy Share Image
“The means of defence agst. foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at home.” — James Madison Copy Share Image
Security against foreign danger is one of the primitive objects of civil society. It is an avowed and essential object of the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Strongly guarded as is the separation between Religion and Government in the Constitution of the United States, the danger of encroachment by… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The danger of disturbing the public tranquillity by interesting too strongly the public passions, is a still more serious objection against a… — James Madison Copy Share Image
An armed and trained militia is the firmest bulwark of republics - that without standing armies their liberty can never be in… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The means of defence against foreign danger have been always the instruments of tyranny at home. Among the Romans it was a… — James Madison Copy Share Image
It will be remembered, that a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles is solemnly enjoined by most of the state constitutions, and particularly… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The Constitution expressly and exclusively vests in the Legislature the power of declaring a state of war [and] the power of raising… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The danger of silent accumulations & encroachments by Ecclesiastical Bodies have not sufficiently engaged attention in the U.S. [...] Besides the danger… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Place three individuals in a situation wherein the interest of each depends on the voice of the others, and give to two… — James Madison Copy Share Image
How could a readiness for war in time of peace be safely prohibited, unless we could prohibit, in like manner, the preparations… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Besides the danger of a direct mixture of religion and civil government, there is an evil which ought to be guarded against… — James Madison Copy Share Image
...to support the Constitution, which is the cement of the Union, as well in its limitations as in its authorities; to respect… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home. — James Madison Copy Share Image
The loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or imagined, from abroad. — James Madison Copy Share Image
The danger from legislative usurpations, which, by assembling all power in the same hands, must lead to the same tyranny as is… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the State… — James Madison Copy Share Image
In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority. — James Madison Copy Share Image
The people can never willfully betray their own interests: But they may possibly be betrayed by the representatives of the people; and… — James Madison Copy Share Image
It is a melancholy reflection that liberty should be equally exposed to danger whether the government have too much power or too… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The management of foreign relations appears to be the most susceptible of abuse of all the trusts committed to a Government, because… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own governors, must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives. A… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Rulers who wished to subvert the public liberty, may have found an established Clergy convenient auxiliaries. A just Government instituted to secure & perpetuate… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments… — James Madison Copy Share Image
How could a readiness for war in time of peace be safely prohibited, unless we could prohibit, in like manner, the preparations and establishments… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, selfappointed,… — James Madison Copy Share Image
It is certain that every class is interested in [educational] establishments which give to the human mind its highest improvements, and to every Country… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Since it is impossible for the people spontaneously and universally, to move in concert towards their object; and it is therefore essential, that such… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The definition of the right of suffrage is very justly regarded as a fundamental article of republican government. — James Madison Copy Share Image
The future and success of America is not in this Constitution, but in the laws of God upon which this Constitution is founded. — James Madison Copy Share Image
They can make no law which will not have its full operation on themselves and their friends, as well as on the great mass… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The effect of a representative democracy is to refine and enlarge the public views, by passing them through the medium of a chosen body… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“... But besides the danger of a direct mixture of Religion & civil Government , there is an evil which ought to be guarded… — James Madison Copy Share Image
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