All James Madison Quotes
- And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in showing that religion and Government will both… Both
- War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government which… Antiwar
- Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. All
- America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity. That part of America which had encouraged them most had advanced most rapidly in population,… Advanced
- A well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people. Alone
- Commercial shackles are generally unjust, oppressive, and impolitic. Commercial
- The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted. All
- The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted. Government
- We are right to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties. Alarm
- As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights. Equally
- The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war. Anti War
- Whenever a youth is ascertained to possess talents meriting an education which his parents cannot afford, he should be carried forward at the public expense. Afford
- A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person. Administer
- As long as the reason of man continues fallible, and he is at liberty to exercise it, different opinions will be formed. Continues
- To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea. Any
- Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise, every expanded prospect. Bondage
- The personal right to acquire property, which is a natural right, gives to property, when acquired, a right to protection, as a social right. Acquire
- The capacity of the female mind for studies of the highest order cannot be doubted, having been sufficiently illustrated by its works of genius, of… Been
- The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty. Advancement
- All that seems indispensible in stating the account between the dead and the living, is to see that the debts against the latter do not… Account
- There is no maxim, in my opinion, which is more liable to be misapplied, and which, therefore, more needs elucidation, than the current one, that… Current
- I should not regret a fair and full trial of the entire abolition of capital punishment. Abolition
- Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government. Aid
- Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence. Begets
- War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason. Afterlife