All James Madison Quotes
- To refer the power in question to the clause "to provide for the common defense and general welfare" would be contrary to the established and… Act
- On any other hypothesis, the delegation of judicial power would annul the authority delegating it; and the concurrence of this department with the others in… All
- I, sir, have always conceived - I believe those who proposed the constitution conceived,and it is still more fully known, and more material to observe,… Always Conceived
- It is impossible for the man of pious reflection not to perceive in it [the Constitution] a finger of that Almighty hand which has been… Almighty
- It is in vain to oppose constitutional barriers to the impulse of self-preservation. It is worse than in vain; because it plants in the Constitution… Barriers
- The Federal Constitution forms a happy combination in this respect; the great and aggregate interests being referred to the national, the local and particular, to… Aggregate
- It is to be the assent and ratification of the several States, derived from the supreme authority in each State, the authority of the people… Act
- The number of individuals employed under the Constitution of the United States will be much smaller than the number employed under the particular States. Constitution
- The express authority of the people alone could give validity to the Constitution. Alone
- In all the co-temporary discussions and comments, which the Constitution underwent, it was constantly justified and recommended on the ground, that the powers not given… All
- As the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial departments of the United States are co-ordinate, and each equally bound to support the Constitution, it follows that each… According
- Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. Congress
- It becomes all therefore who are friends of a Government based on free principles to reflect, that by denying the possibility of a system partly… Aim
- In the first place, it is to be remembered, that the general government is not to be charged with the whole power of making and… Administering
- Each State, in ratifying the Constitution, is considered as a sovereign body, independent of all others, and only to be bound by its own voluntary… Act
- But ambitious encroachments of the federal government, on the authority of the State governments, would not excite the opposition of a single State, or of… Alarm
- I wish not to be regarded as an advocate for the particular organizations of the several state governments . . . they carry strong marks… Advocate
- The public affairs of the union are spread throughout a very extensive region, and are extremely diversified by the local affairs connected with them, and… Affair
- I am unable to conceive that the state legislatures which must feel so many motives to watch, and which possess so many means of counteracting… Common
- The appointment of senators by the state legislatures . . . is recommended by the double advantage of favoring a select appointment, and of giving… Advantage
- It is superfluous to try by the standards of theory, a part of the constitution which is allowed on all hands to be the result… All
- Another advantage accruing from this ingredient in the constitution of a senate, is the additional impediment it must prove against improper acts of legislation. No… Accruing
- That useful alterations will be suggested by experience, could not but be foreseen . . . . It moreover equally enables the general and state… Alterations
- The proposed constitution, therefore, even when tested by the rules laid down by its antagonists, is, in strictness, neither a national nor a federal constitution;… Amendments
- In this relation, then, the proposed government cannot be deemed a national one; since its jurisdiction extends to certain enumerated objects only, and leaves to… All