Wells Quotes by James Madison

Man is known to be a selfish, as well as a social being.

— James Madison

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

It may well happen that the public voice, pronounced by the representatives of the people, will be more constant to the public…

— James Madison

The American people are too well schooled in the duty and practice of submitting to the will of the majority to permit…

— James Madison

Among the numerous advantages promised by a well-constructed Union, none deserves to be more accurately developed than its tendency to break and…

— James Madison

If this spirit shall ever be so far debased, as to tolerate a law not obligatory on the legislature, as well as…

— James Madison

Stability in government is essential to national character and to the advantages annexed to it, as well as to that repose and…

— James Madison

They can make no law which will not have its full operation on themselves and their friends, as well as on the…

— James Madison

[Y]ou will understand the game behind the curtain too well not to perceive the old trick of turning every contingency into a…

— James Madison

That the foundation of our national policy should be laid in private morality. If individuals be not influenced by moral principles, it…

— James Madison

Although all men are born free, slavery has been the general lot of the human race. Ignorant--they have been cheated; asleep--they have…

— James Madison

It will be remembered, that a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles is solemnly enjoined by most of the state constitutions, and particularly…

— James Madison

The experience of the United States is a happy disproof of the error so long rooted in the unenlightened minds of well…

— James Madison

The important distinction so well understood in America between a constitution established by the people, and unalterable by the government; and a…

— James Madison

The most that the Convention could do in such a situation, was to avoid the errors suggested by the past experience of…

— James Madison

The great objects which presented themselves [to the Constitutional Convention] ... formed a task more difficult than can be well conceived by…

— James Madison

But the mild voice of reason, pleading the cause of an enlarged and permanent interest, is but too often drowned, before public…

— James Madison

In civilized communities, property as well as personal rights is an essential object of the laws, which encourage industry by securing the…

— James Madison

The danger of silent accumulations & encroachments by Ecclesiastical Bodies have not sufficiently engaged attention in the U.S. [...] Besides the danger…

— James Madison

The Constitution expressly and exclusively vests in the Legislature the power of declaring a state of war [and] the power of raising…

— James Madison

A zeal for different opinions concerning religion, concerning government, and many other points, as well of speculation as of practice; an attachment…

— James Madison

...to support the Constitution, which is the cement of the Union, as well in its limitations as in its authorities; to respect…

— James Madison

The house of representatives ... can make no law, which will not have its full operation on themselves and their friends, as…

— James Madison

Besides the danger of a direct mixture of religion and civil government, there is an evil which ought to be guarded against…

— James Madison

Among the features peculiar to the political system of the United States, is the perfect equality of rights which it secures to…

— James Madison

Nothing has yet been offered to invalidate the doctrine that the meaning of the Constitution may as well be ascertained by the…

— James Madison

Government is instituted to protect property of every sort; as well that which lies in the various rights of individuals, as that…

— James Madison

It is sufficiently obvious, that persons and property are the two great subjects on which Governments are to act; and that the…

— James Madison