Law Quotes by James Madison
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James Madison talks about why laws need a moral base and why they affect the people who write them. He points out that stopping a law before it passes is easier than undoing it later, and he warns that government should not force religion on anyone. His words also show that judges, not lawmakers, interpret the Constitution.
![“I flatter myself [we] have in this country extinguished forever the ambitious hope of making laws for the human mind.” quote by James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ce/james-madison-373_ambitious_i-flatter-myself-we-have-in-this-country_2032873.png)
![“[I]t is more convenient to prevent the passage of a law, than to declare it void after it has passed.” quote by James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e1/james-madison-373_congress_i-t-is-more-convenient-to-prevent-the-pa_477908.png)
![“[Christianity] existed and flourishes, not only without the support of human laws, but in spite of every opposition from them.” quote by James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/864/james-madison-373_christianity_christianity-existed-and-flourishes-not_1967849.png)
![“[R]efusing or not refusing to execute a law to stamp it with its final character . . . makes the Judiciary department paramount in fact to the Legislature, which was never intended and can never be proper.” quote by James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b14/james-madison-373_character_r-efusing-or-not-refusing-to-execute-a-l_2378388.png)
![“[A]s it must be admitted that the remedy under the Constitution lies where it has been marked out by the Constitution; and that no appeal can be consistently made from that remedy by those who were and still profess to be parties to it, but the appeal to the parties themselves having an authority…” quote by James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/803/james-madison-373_appeals_a-s-it-must-be-admitted-that-the-remedy_69293.png)
![“[T]he bill exceeds the rightful authority to which governments are limited by the essential distinction between civil and religious functions, and violates in particular the article of the Constitution of the United States which declares that Congress shall make no law respecting a religious…” quote by James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/946/james-madison-373_administration_t-he-bill-exceeds-the-rightful-authority_2868755.png)
