All James Madison Quotes
War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason.
James Madison
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Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other.
James Madison
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America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity. That part of America which had encouraged them most had advanced most rapidly in population, agriculture and the arts.
James Madison
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A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person.
James Madison
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Any reading not of a vicious species must be a good substitute for the amusements too apt to fill up the leisure of the labouring classes.
James Madison
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Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.
James Madison
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In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.
James Madison
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Commercial shackles are generally unjust, oppressive, and impolitic.
James Madison
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If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.
James Madison
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A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is the best most natural defense of a free country.
James Madison
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To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea.
James Madison
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To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.
James Madison
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