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title: "31 Ought Quotes By James Madison"
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> [The truth was that all men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/the-truth-was-that-all-men-having-power-ought-to-be-distrusted-to-a/)

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> [ \[I\]t is the reason alone, of the public, that ought to control and regulate the government. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/i-t-is-the-reason-alone-of-the-public-that-ought-to-control-and/)

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> [Those who are to conduct a war cannot in the nature of things, be proper or safe judges, whether a war ought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/those-who-are-to-conduct-a-war-cannot-in-the-nature-of-things-be-2/)

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> [Having outlived so many of my contemporaries, I ought not to forget that I may be thought to have outlived myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/having-outlived-so-many-of-my-contemporaries-i-ought-not-to-forget/)

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> [There is not a more important and fundamental principle in legislation, than that the ways and means ought always to face the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/there-is-not-a-more-important-and-fundamental-principle-in-2/)

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> [There is an evil which ought to be guarded against in the indefinite accumulation of property from the capacity of holding it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/there-is-an-evil-which-ought-to-be-guarded-against-in-the-indefinite/)

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> [Landholders ought to have a share in the government to support these invaluable interests and check the other many. They ought to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/landholders-ought-to-have-a-share-in-the-government-to-support-these/)

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> [The aim of every political Constitution, is or ought to be first to obtain for rulers men who possess most wisdom to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/the-aim-of-every-political-constitution-is-or-ought-to-be-first-to/)

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> [Every man who loves peace, every man who loves his country, every man who loves liberty ought to have it ever before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/every-man-who-loves-peace-every-man-who-loves-his-country-every-man/)

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> [The passions, therefore, not the reason, of the public would sit in judgment. But it is the reason, alone, of the public,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/the-passions-therefore-not-the-reason-of-the-public-would-sit-in/)

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> [You give me a credit to which I have no claim in calling me "the writer of the Constitution of the United…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/you-give-me-a-credit-to-which-i-have-no-claim-in-calling-me-the/)

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> [I regret, as much as any member, the unavoidable weight and duration of the burdens to be imposed; having never been a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/i-regret-as-much-as-any-member-the-unavoidable-weight-and-duration-of/)

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> [The rich man, when contributing to a permanent plan for the education of the poor, ought to reflect that he is providing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/the-rich-man-when-contributing-to-a-permanent-plan-for-the-education/)

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> [The infant periods of most nations are buried in silence or veiled in fable; and the world perhaps has lost but little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/the-infant-periods-of-most-nations-are-buried-in-silence-or-veiled-in/)

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> [Frequent elections are unquestionably the only policy by which this dependence and sympathy can be effectually secured. But what particular degree of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/frequent-elections-are-unquestionably-the-only-policy-by-which-this/)

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> [Among the features peculiar to the political system of the United States, is the perfect equality of rights which it secures to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/among-the-features-peculiar-to-the-political-system-of-the-united/)

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> [ \[A\]ll power is originally vested in, and consequently derived from, the people. That government is instituted and ought to be exercised for… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/a-ll-power-is-originally-vested-in-and-consequently-derived-from-the/)

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> [Waiving the rights of conscience, not included in the surrender implied by the social state, & more or less invaded by all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/waiving-the-rights-of-conscience-not-included-in-the-surrender/)

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> [There is not a more important and fundamental principle in legislation, than that the ways and means ought always to face the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/there-is-not-a-more-important-and-fundamental-principle-in/)

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> [There is one view of the subject which ought to have its influence on those who espouse doctrines which strike at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/there-is-one-view-of-the-subject-which-ought-to-have-its-influence-on/)

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> [The liberal appropriations made by the legislature of Kentucky for a general system of education cannot be too much applauded . .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/the-liberal-appropriations-made-by-the-legislature-of-kentucky-for-a/)

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> [there ought always to be a constitutional method of giving efficacy to constitutional provisions. What for instance would avail restrictions on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/there-ought-always-to-be-a-constitutional-method-of-giving-efficacy/)

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> [If there be a principle that ought not to be questioned within the United States, it is that every man has a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/if-there-be-a-principle-that-ought-not-to-be-questioned-within-the/)

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> [It may be considered as an objection inherent in the principle, that as every appeal to the people would carry an implication…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/it-may-be-considered-as-an-objection-inherent-in-the-principle-that/)

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> [ \[Regarding legislative assemblies,\] the number ought at most to be kept within a certain limit, in order to avoid the confusion and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/regarding-legislative-assemblies-the-number-ought-at-most-to-be-kept/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/although-all-men-are-born-free-slavery-has-been-the-general-lot-of/)

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> [The public affairs of the union are spread throughout a very extensive region, and are extremely diversified by the local affairs connected…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/the-public-affairs-of-the-union-are-spread-throughout-a-very/)

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> [ The danger of silent accumulations & encroachments by Ecclesiastical Bodies have not sufficiently engaged attention in the U.S. \[...\] Besides the danger… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/the-danger-of-silent-accumulations-encroachments-by-ecclesiastical/)

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> [In proportion to the value of this revolution; in proportion to the importance of instruments, every word of which decides a question…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/in-proportion-to-the-value-of-this-revolution-in-proportion-to-the/)

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> [May it not be asked of every intelligent friend to the liberties of his country, whether the power exercised in such an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/may-it-not-be-asked-of-every-intelligent-friend-to-the-liberties-of/)

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> [In civilized communities, property as well as personal rights is an essential object of the laws, which encourage industry by securing the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/in-civilized-communities-property-as-well-as-personal-rights-is-an/)

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## Other authors on Ought

## 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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                        "text": "[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 Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob.",
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                        "text": "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; divided--the yoke has been forced upon them. But what is the lesson...? The people ought to be enlightened, to be awakened, to be united, that after establishing a government they should watch over it… It is universally admitted that a well-instructed people alone can be permanently free.",
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                        "text": "The public affairs of the union are spread throughout a very extensive region, and are extremely diversified by the local affairs connected with them, and can with difficulty be learnt in any other place, than in the central councils, to which a knowledge of them will be brought by the representatives of every part of the empire. Yet some knowledge of the affairs, and even of the laws of all the states, ought to be possessed by the members from each of the states.",
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