Liberty Quote by James Madison

“What a perversion of the normal order of things! ... to make power the primary and central object of the social system, and Liberty but its satellite.” quote by James Madison — Download Open image

“What a perversion of the normal order of things! ... to make power the primary and central object of the social system, and Liberty but its satellite.”

James Madison

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