Government Quote by James Madison

The rights of persons, and therights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted.

— James Madison

It is sufficiently obvious, that persons and property are the two great subjects on which Governments are to act; and that the rights of…

— James Madison

The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to an uniformity of…

— James Madison

Natural rights [are] the objects for the protection of which society is formed and municipal laws established.

— Thomas Jefferson

In civilized communities, property as well as personal rights is an essential object of the laws, which encourage industry by securing the enjoyment of…

— James Madison

The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to a uniformity of…

— James Madison

The government was set to protect man from criminals-and the constitution was written to protect man from the government. The Bill of Rights was…

— Ayn Rand

It is not the right of property which is protected, but the right to property. Property, per se, has no rights; but the individual…

— George Sutherland

The protection of these faculties is the first object of government.

— James Madison

The personal right to acquire property, which is a natural right, gives to property, when acquired, a right to protection, as a social right.

— James Madison

The persons and property of our citizens are entitled to the protection of our government in all places where they may lawfully go.

— Thomas Jefferson

Property has its duties as well as its rights.

— Thomas Drummond