Age Quote by James Madison

“Of all the enemies to public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded because it comprises and develops the germ of every…

— James Madison

“Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficent. Men born to freedom are…

— Louis D. Brandeis

That the greatest security of the people, against the encroachments and usurpations of their superiors, is to keep the Spirit of Liberty constantly awake,…

— Edmund Burke

“Liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty as well as by the abuses of power.”

— James Madison

The greatest danger to liberty today comes from the men who are most needed and most powerful in modern government, namely, the efficient expert…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

“When we think of the historic struggles and conflicts of the current and past century, we naturally think of famous leaders: men who governed…

— George Meany

“Liberty is a constant battle between government; who would limit it, people; who would concede it, and patriots; who would defend it.”

— Samuel R. Young Jr

“liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty as well as by the abuses of power. . . . [T]he former rather than the latter is…

— Ron Chernow

“Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every…

— James Madison

The constitution supposes, what the History of all Governments demonstrates, that the Executive is the branch of power most interested in war, and most…

— James Madison

It is a melancholy reflection that liberty should be equally exposed to danger whether the government have too much power or too little power…

— James Madison

Liberty is dangerous.

— Albert Camus