All James Madison Quotes
- Torrents of blood have been spilt in the old world, by vain attempts of the secular arm, to extinguish Religious discord, by proscribing all difference… All
- [The proposed establishment] will have a . . . tendency to banish our Citizens. . . . To superadd a fresh motive to emigration by… Banish
- Who does not see that . . . the same authority which can force a citizen to contribute three pence only of his property for… All
- Power is of an encroaching nature. Church
- In no part of the Constitution is more wisdom to be found than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to… Any
- Is the appointment of Chaplains to the two Houses of Congress consistent with the Constitution, and with the pure principle of religious freedom? In strictness… Answer
- The American people are too well schooled in the duty and practice of submitting to the will of the majority to permit any serious uneasiness… Account
- The nation which reposes on the pillow of political confidence, will sooner or later end its political existence in a deadly lethargy. Confidence
- The power of taxing people and their property is essential to the very existence of government. Essential
- Toleration is not the opposite of intolerance, but is the counterfeit of it. Both are despotisms. The one assumes to itself the right of withholding… Assumes
- WHEN THE BALL IS COMING AT 100 MPH FROM PITCHER THERES NOTHING SOFT ABOUT THAT Ball
- I love the summer.... the warm weather, hangin out with friends, and swimmin in the warm water..... but most importantly grabin a glove and a… Ball
- A public debt is a public curse. Curse
- The protection of these faculties is the first object of government. Faculties
- Temporary deviations from fundamental principles are always more or less dangerous. When the first pretext fails, those who become interested in prolonging the evil will… Become Interested
- Money cannot be applied to the *general welfare*, otherwise than by an application of it to some *particular* measure conducive to the general welfare. Whenever,… Application
- With regard to Banks, they have taken too deep and too wide a root in social transactions, to be got rid of altogether, if that… Administered
- May it not be asked of every intelligent friend to the liberties of his country, whether the power exercised in such an act as this… Act
- [T]he powers granted by the proposed Constitution are the gift of the people, and may be resumed by them when perverted to their oppression, and… Constitution
- [In the case of] dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right, and… Arresting
- I have sometimes thought there could be no stronger testimony in favor of Religion or against temporal Enjoyments even the most rational and manly than… Advocates
- Resolved, That the General Assembly of Virginia, doth unequivocally express a firm resolution to maintain and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the… Aggression
- In a free Government, the security for civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights. It consists in the one case in… Both
- Congress shall never disarm any citizen unless such as are or have been in actual rebellion. Actual
- If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. Anti War