"Wherever the real power in a Government lies,……" — James Madison

Wherever the real power in a Government lies, there is the danger… - James Madison

"Wherever the real power in a Government lies, there is the danger of oppression."

— James Madison

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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…

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The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently;… — Aristotle
The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything... or nothing. — Nancy Astor
Crying wolf is a real danger. — David Attenborough
How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. — Marcus Aurelius
The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern. — Lord Acton
To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger. — James A. Baldwin
There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man… — John Adams
When you're young, you're always wondering when you're actually going to feel like a grownup. And I think you probably… — Drew Barrymore
I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I… — Clara Barton
In literature as in ethics, there is danger, as well as glory, in being subtle. Aristocracy isolates us. — Charles Baudelaire
The most dangerous people are the ignorant. — Henry Ward Beecher
It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the… — Kate Adie

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