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> [We have seen that the tendency of republican governments is to an aggrandizement of the legislative at the expense of the other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/we-have-seen-that-the-tendency-of-republican-governments-is-to-an/)

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> [ \[A\] mere demarcation on parchment of the constitutional limits of the several departments is not a sufficient guard against those encroachments which… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/a-mere-demarcation-on-parchment-of-the-constitutional-limits-of-the/)

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> [In no part of the Constitution is more wisdom to be found than in the clause which confides the question of war…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/in-no-part-of-the-constitution-is-more-wisdom-to-be-found-than-in-the/)

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> [ \[R\]efusing or not refusing to execute a law to stamp it with its final character . . . makes the Judiciary department… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/r-efusing-or-not-refusing-to-execute-a-law-to-stamp-it-with-its-final/)

[James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-madison/)

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> [The legislative department is everywhere extending the sphere of its activity and drawing all power into its impetuous vortex.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/the-legislative-department-is-everywhere-extending-the-sphere-of-its/)

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> [ \[T\]he great security against a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department consists in giving to those who administer… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/t-he-great-security-against-a-gradual-concentration-of-the-several/)

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> [To what expedient then shall we finally resort, for maintaining in practice the necessary partition of power among the several departments, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/to-what-expedient-then-shall-we-finally-resort-for-maintaining-in/)

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> [As the people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/as-the-people-are-the-only-legitimate-fountain-of-power-and-it-is/)

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> [As the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial departments of the United States are co-ordinate, and each equally bound to support the Constitution, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/as-the-legislative-executive-and-judicial-departments-of-the-united/)

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> [On any other hypothesis, the delegation of judicial power would annul the authority delegating it; and the concurrence of this department with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/on-any-other-hypothesis-the-delegation-of-judicial-power-would-annul/)

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> [I acknowledge, in the ordinary course of government, that the exposition of the laws and Constitution devolves upon the judicial. But I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/i-acknowledge-in-the-ordinary-course-of-government-that-the/)

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> [ \[I\]n the next place, to show that unless these departments be so far connected and blended as to give to each a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/i-n-the-next-place-to-show-that-unless-these-departments-be-so-far/)

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> [The members of the legislative department . . . are numerous. They are distributed and dwell among the people at large. Their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/the-members-of-the-legislative-department-are-numerous-they-are/)

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> [The preservation of a free government requires not merely that the metes and bounds which separate each department of power be invariably…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/the-preservation-of-a-free-government-requires-not-merely-that-the/)

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> [ What is to be the consequence, in case the Congress shall misconstrue this part \[the necessary and proper clause\] of the Constitution… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/what-is-to-be-the-consequence-in-case-the-congress-shall-misconstrue/)

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> [I have sometimes thought there could be no stronger testimony in favor of Religion or against temporal Enjoyments even the most rational…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/i-have-sometimes-thought-there-could-be-no-stronger-testimony-in/)

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## Other authors on Department

## More by James Madison

> [“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own governors, must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/knowledge-will-forever-govern-ignorance-and-a-people-who-mean-to-be/)

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> [Rulers who wished to subvert the public liberty, may have found an established Clergy convenient auxiliaries. A just Government instituted to secure & perpetuate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/rulers-who-wished-to-subvert-the-public-liberty-may-have-found-an/)

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> [The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/the-powers-delegated-by-the-proposed-constitution-to-the-federal/)

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> [How could a readiness for war in time of peace be safely prohibited, unless we could prohibit, in like manner, the preparations and establishments…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/how-could-a-readiness-for-war-in-time-of-peace-be-safely-prohibited/)

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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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/the-accumulation-of-all-powers-legislative-executive-and-judiciary-in/)

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> [ It is certain that every class is interested in \[educational\] establishments which give to the human mind its highest improvements, and to every Country… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/it-is-certain-that-every-class-is-interested-in-educational/)

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> [Since it is impossible for the people spontaneously and universally, to move in concert towards their object; and it is therefore essential, that such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/since-it-is-impossible-for-the-people-spontaneously-and-universally/)

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> [The definition of the right of suffrage is very justly regarded as a fundamental article of republican government.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/the-definition-of-the-right-of-suffrage-is-very-justly-regarded-as-a/)

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> [The future and success of America is not in this Constitution, but in the laws of God upon which this Constitution is founded.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/the-future-and-success-of-america-is-not-in-this-constitution-but-in/)

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> [They can make no law which will not have its full operation on themselves and their friends, as well as on the great mass…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/they-can-make-no-law-which-will-not-have-its-full-operation-on/)

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> [The effect of a representative democracy is to refine and enlarge the public views, by passing them through the medium of a chosen body…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/the-effect-of-a-representative-democracy-is-to-refine-and-enlarge-the/)

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> [“... But besides the danger of a direct mixture of Religion & civil Government , there is an evil which ought to be guarded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/but-besides-the-danger-of-a-direct-mixture-of-religion-civil/)

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> [Although all men are born free, slavery has been the general lot of the human race. Ignorant--they have been cheated; asleep--they have been surprised;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/although-all-men-are-born-free-slavery-has-been-the-general-lot-of/)

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> [“It may be a reflection on human nature, that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of government. But what is government…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/it-may-be-a-reflection-on-human-nature-that-such-devices-should-be/)

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> [The better proof of reverence for that holy name would be not to profane it by making it a topic of legislative discussion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/the-better-proof-of-reverence-for-that-holy-name-would-be-not-to/)

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