« All Opinions Quotes · James Madison's Page
Opinions Quotes by James Madison
- 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…
- A zeal for different opinions concerning religion...[has] divided mankind into parties, inflamed them with mutual animosity, and rendered them much more disposed to vex and…
- As long as the reason of man continues fallible, and he is at liberty to exercise it, different opinions will be formed. As long as…
- 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…
- In the latter sense, a man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them. He has a property of peculiar value…
- When men exercise their reason coolly and freely, on a variety of distinct questions, they inevitably fall into different opinions, on some of them. When…
- The great objects which presented themselves [to the Constitutional Convention] ... formed a task more difficult than can be well conceived by those who were…
- I have ever regarded the freedom of religious opinions and worship as equally belonging to every sect.
- Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or…
- A man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them.
- As long as the reason of man continues fallible, and he is at liberty to exercise it, different opinions will be formed.
More Opinions Quotes
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- In the old days... it was a basic, cardinal fact that producers didn't have opinions. When I was producing natural history programmes,… — David Attenborough
- Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. — Marcus Aurelius
- I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets… — Marcus Aurelius
- There is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is sorry to see them give way to… — Jane Austen
- Public opinion is no more than this: what people think that other people think. — Alfred Austin
- People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom. — Francis Bacon
- Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity. — Lord Acton
- I've never had a humble opinion. If you've got an opinion, why be humble about it? — Joan Baez
- So long as there are earnest believers in the world, they will always wish to punish opinions, even if their judgment tells… — Walter Bagehot
- A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities. — Walter Bagehot
- The oppression of any people for opinion's sake has rarely had any other effect than to fix those opinions deeper, and render… — Hosea Ballou