All James Madison Quotes
- No government, any more than an individual, will long be respected without being truly respectable; nor be truly respectable, without possessing a certain portion of… Any
- As the people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of… Any
- In Europe, charters of liberty have been granted by Power. In America ... charters of power [are] granted by liberty. America
- I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power, than… Abridgment
- A victorious and powerful ally is but another name for a master. Allies
- The effect of a representative democracy is to refine and enlarge the public views, by passing them through the medium of a chosen body of… Best
- By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or a minority of the whole, who are united and actuated… Actuated
- The growing wealth aquired by them corporations never fails to be a source of abuses. Abuse
- Measures are too often decided, not according to the rules of justice and the rights of the minor party, but by the superior force of… According
- A pure democracy can admit no cure for the mischiefs of faction. A common passion or interest will be felt by a majority, and there… Admit
- Government is instituted to protect property of every sort; as well that which lies in the various rights of individuals, as that which the term… Alone
- Democracy was the right of the people to choose their own tyrant. Choose
- Where a majority are united by a common sentiment, and have an opportunity, the rights of the minor party become insecure. Become Insecure
- [A]ll power is originally vested in, and consequently derived from, the people. That government is instituted and ought to be exercised for the benefit of… Acquiring
- [T]he delegation of the government, in [a republic], to a small number of citizens elected by the rest . . . [is] to refine and… Best
- The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the state shall not be questioned. Arms
- Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation, the existence of subordinate governments, to which… Admit
- This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made,… All
- Security against foreign danger is one of the primitive objects of civil society. It is an avowed and essential object of the American Union. American
- One nation is to another what one individual is to another; with this melancholy distinction perhaps, that the former with fewer of the benevolent emotions… Advantage
- How could a readiness for war in time of peace be safely prohibited, unless we could prohibit, in like manner, the preparations and establishments of… Establishment
- Every man who loves peace, every man who loves his country, every man who loves liberty ought to have it ever before his eyes that… Able
- Is it not the glory of the people of America, that whilst they have paid a decent regard to the opinions of former times and… America
- [A]s it must be admitted that the remedy under the Constitution lies where it has been marked out by the Constitution; and that no appeal… Admitted
- Is there a Legislative power in fact, not expressly prohibited by the Constitution, which might not, according to the doctrine of the Court, be exercised… According