« All Authority Quotes · James Madison's Page
Authority Quotes by James Madison
- Who does not see that the same authority which can establish Christianity, in exclusion of all other Religions, may establish with the same ease any…
- It degrades from the equal rank of Citizens all those whose opinions in Religion do not bend to those of the Legislative authority. Distant as…
- ...to support the Constitution, which is the cement of the Union, as well in its limitations as in its authorities; to respect the rights and…
- It may not be easy, in every possible case, to trace the line of separation between the rights of religion and the Civil authority with…
- 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…
- 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,…
- [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…
- 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…
- 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…
- The express authority of the people alone could give validity to the Constitution.
- 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…
- The appointment of senators by the state legislatures . . . is recommended by the double advantage of favoring a select appointment, and of giving…
- there ought always to be a constitutional method of giving efficacy to constitutional provisions. What for instance would avail restrictions on the authority of the…
- Attempts to enforce by legal sanctions, acts obnoxious to so great a proportion of Citizens, tend to enervate the laws in general, and to slacken…
- Nothing has yet been offered to invalidate the doctrine that the meaning of the Constitution may as well be ascertained by the Legislative as by…
- I do not conceive that power is given to the President and Senate to dismember the empire, or to alienate any great, essential right. I…
- To provide employment for the poor, and support for the indigent, is among the primary, and, at the same time, not least difficult cares of…
- In republican government the legislative authority necessarily predominates. The remedy for this . . . is to divide the legislature into different branches; and to…
- The preservation of a free government requires not merely that the metes and bounds which separate each department of power be invariably maintained; but more…
- In proportion to the value of this revolution; in proportion to the importance of instruments, every word of which decides a question between power and…
- Who does not see that . . . the same authority which can force a citizen to contribute three pence only of his property for…
- 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,…
- 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…
- The ultimate authority ... resides in the people alone.
More Authority Quotes
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority. — Francis Bacon
- A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing. — Pearl Bailey
- The American press has the blues. Too many authorities have assured it that its days are numbered, too many good newspapers are… — Russell Baker
- Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of… — Mikhail Bakunin
- But I recognize no infallible authority, even in special questions; consequently, whatever respect I may have for the honesty and the sincerity… — Mikhail Bakunin
- I bow before the authority of special men because it is imposed upon me by my own reason. — Mikhail Bakunin
- Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases. — John Adams
- I cannot stand authority. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
- The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under the will… — Samuel Adams
- No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority. — Joseph Addison