"The smaller the number and the more permanent……" — James Madison
"The smaller the number and the more permanent and conspicuous the station of men in power, the stronger must be the interest which they will individually feel in whatever concerns the government."
—
James Madison
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
461 Quotes by James Madison
James Madison has 461 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
The Alien bill proposed in the Senate is a monster that must forever disgrace its parents.
-
It was by the sober sense of our citizens that we were safely and steadily conducted from monarchy to republicanism,…
-
The characters and events depicted in the damn bible are fictitious. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, is…
-
Who does not see that the same authority which can establish Christianity, in exclusion of all other Religions, may establish…
-
If there be a principle that ought not to be questioned within the United States, it is that every man…
-
It is proper to take alarm at the first experiment on our liberties. We hold this prudent jealousy to be…
-
Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.
-
Crisis is the rallying cry of the tyrant.
-
A standing army is one of the greatest mischief that can possibly happen.
-
War is in fact the true nurse of executive aggrandizement
-
The power to declare war, including the power of judging the causes of war, is fully and exclusively vested in…
-
The constitution supposes, what the History of all Governments demonstrates, that the Executive is the branch of power most interested…
See all 461 quotes by James Madison »
More Concern Quotes
This quote is filed under Concern Quotes,
one of 1,803 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
It is a sign of a dull nature to occupy oneself deeply in matters that concern the body; for instance,…
— David Bailey
-
My concern is to continue respecting my work as I've done since I began as an actor and I could…
— Javier Bardem
-
I think I got disappointed over the years about New York, about the States. You know, sometimes you go and…
— Mikhail Baryshnikov
-
A woman whose life is involved in the righteous rearing of her children has a better chance of keeping up…
— Ezra Taft Benson
-
If conservationists will attempt to resume responsibility for their need to eat, they will be led back fairly directly to…
— Wendell Berry
-
I support concrete and progressive immigration reform based on three primary criteria: family reunification, economic contributions, and humanitarian concerns.
— Jeff Bingaman
-
Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.
— Corrie Ten Boom
-
What exists outside is a man's concern; let no woman give advice; and do no mischief within doors.
— Aeschylus
-
What goes on in Europe concerns us greatly because, if Europe comes apart, the E.U. comes apart, then you're going…
— Michael Bloomberg
-
It is wrong to think that the task of physics is to find out how Nature is. Physics concerns what…
— Niels Bohr
-
You see, Africa makes a fool of our idea of justice. It makes a farce of our idea of equality.…
— Bono
-
Great tragedy has come to us, and we are meeting it with the best that is in our country, with…
— George W. Bush
See all 1,803 Concern Quotes »