I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in… — James Madison Copy Share Image
War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of… — James Madison Copy Share Image
A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several… — James Madison Copy Share Image
It may well happen that the public voice, pronounced by the representatives of the people, will be more constant to the public… — James Madison Copy Share Image
If we advert to the nature of republican government, we shall find that the censorial power is in the people over the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The Constitution of the United States was created by the people of the United States composing the respective states, who alone had… — James Madison Copy Share Image
A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is the best most natural defense of a… — James Madison Copy Share Image
If we resort for a criterion to the different principles on which different forms of government are established, we may define a… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The first question that offers itself is, whether the general form and aspect of the government be strictly republican? It is evident… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Every answer he [President John Adams] gives to his addressers unmasks more and more his principles and views. His language to the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
But the mild voice of reason, pleading the cause of an enlarged and permanent interest, is but too often drowned, before public… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The ultimate authority, wherever the derivative may be found, resides in the people alone, and that it will not depend merely on… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The people of the U.S. owe their Independence & their liberty, to the wisdom of descrying in the minute tax of 3… — James Madison Copy Share Image
In the compound republic of America, the power surrendered by the people is first divided between two distinct governments, and then the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The American people owe it to themselves, and to the cause of free Government, to prove by their establishments for the advancement… — James Madison Copy Share Image
As the people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the… — 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… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Is it not the glory of the people of America, that whilst they have paid a decent regard to the opinions of… — James Madison Copy Share Image
It may be considered as an objection inherent in the principle, that as every appeal to the people would carry an implication… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Because finally, 'the equal right of every citizen to the free exercise of his religion according to the dictates of conscience' is… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The liberal appropriations made by the legislature of Kentucky for a general system of education cannot be too much applauded . .… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those… — James Madison Copy Share Image
It is not certain that with this aid alone [possession of arms], they would not be able to shake off their yokes.… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The American people are too well schooled in the duty and practice of submitting to the will of the majority to permit… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I consider the difference between a system founded on the legislatures only, and one founded on the people, to be the true… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I go by the great republican principle, that the people will have the virtue and intelligence to select men of virtue and… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The people shall not be restrained from peacefully assembling and consulting for their common good, nor from applying to the legislature by… — James Madison Copy Share Image
In suits at common law, trial by jury in civil cases is as essential to secure the liberty of the people as… — James Madison Copy Share Image
It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
In a free Government, the security for civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights. It consists in the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation, the existence of subordinate… — James Madison Copy Share Image
... the State Legislatures will jealously and closely watch the operations of this Government, and be able to resist with more effect… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The genius of Republican liberty, seems to demand on one side, not only that all power should be derived from the people;… — James Madison Copy Share Image
But the most deplorable effect of all, is that diminution of attachment and reverence, which steals into the hearts of the people,… — 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
If it be asked what is to restrain the House of Representatives from making legal discriminations in favor of themselves and a… — James Madison Copy Share Image
It is too early for politicians to presume on our forgetting that the public good, the real welfare of the great body… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The passions, therefore, not the reason, of the public would sit in judgment. But it is the reason, alone, of the public,… — James Madison Copy Share Image
But cool and candid people will at once reflect, that the purest of human blessings must have a portion of alloy in… — 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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