[In a democracy] a common passion or interest will, in almost every case , be felt by a majority of the whole;… — James Madison Copy Share Image
In time of actual war, great discretionary powers are constantly given to the Executive Magistrate. Constant apprehension of War, has the same… — James Madison Copy Share Image
It is the duty of every man to render to the Creator such homage...Before any man can be considered as a member… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The belief in a God All Powerful wise and good, is so essential to the moral order of the world and to… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Who does not see that . . . the same authority which can force a citizen to contribute three pence only of… — James Madison Copy Share Image
As long as the reason of man continues fallible, and he is at liberty to exercise it, different opinions will be formed.… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The invasion of private rights is chiefly to be apprehended, not from acts of Government contrary to the sense of its constituents,… — James Madison Copy Share Image
[T]he great security against a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department consists in giving to those who administer… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Of all the enemies to public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Hence it is that such democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security… — James Madison Copy Share Image
In war, too, the discretionary power of the Executive is extended; its influence in dealing out offices, honors, and emoluments is multiplied;… — 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
If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government… — James Madison Copy Share Image
It is of great importance in a republic, not only to guard the society against the oppression of its rulers; but to… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The smaller the society, the fewer probably will be the distinct parties and interests composing it; the fewer the distinct parties and… — James Madison Copy Share Image
It is the duty of every man to render to the Creator such homage and such only as he believes to be… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Because we hold it for 'a fundamental and undeniable truth', that religion or 'the duty which we owe to our Creator' and… — James Madison Copy Share Image
By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or a minority of the whole, who are… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may be a reflection on human… — 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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