Checks Quote by James Madison

“The man who is possessed of wealth, who lolls on his sofa, or rolls in his carriage, cannot judge of the wants or feelings…

— James Madison

He who shares the danger ought to share the prize.

— Aesop

The primary function of government is to protect the minority of the opulent from the majority of the poor.

— James Madison

“[The Senate] ought to be so constituted as to protect the minority of the opulent against the majority.”

— James Madison

Power must be in the hands of the wealth of the nation, those who have sympathy for property owners and their rights, and who…

— James Madison

The small landholders are the most precious part of a state.

— Thomas Jefferson

It is not too soon to provide by every possible means that as few as possible shall be without a little portion of land.…

— Thomas Jefferson

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons…

— Aristotle

All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and the well-born; the other the mass of the…

— Alexander Hamilton

Liberals love to say things like, "We're just asking everyone to pay their fair share." But government is not about asking. It is about…

— Thomas Sowell

The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore to the first class a distinct permanent share in the…

— Alexander Hamilton

All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and well born, the other the mass of the…

— Alexander Hamilton

“As James Madison put it, the nation ought to be constituted “to protect the minority of the opulent against the majority.”

— Anonymous

“The purpose of our Constitution—especially the Fourteenth Amendment’s equal-protection guarantee—is to protect minority rights even when, or especially when, they are unpopular.”

— Michelle Alexander

We must protect the minority writers because they are the research workers of literature. They keep it alive. It has been fashionable of late…

— Anais Nin