James Madison – A Collection of Famous Quotes

If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. – James Madison

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. – James Madison

A man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them. – James Madison

The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty. – James Madison

The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money. – James Madison

A well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people. – James Madison

If men were angels, no government would be necessary. – James Madison

Liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty as well as by the abuses of power. – James Madison

The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe with blood for centuries. – James Madison

The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted. – James Madison

It is the duty of every man to render to the Creator such homage, and such only, as he believes to be acceptable to Him. – James Madison

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. – James Madison

James Madison – A Collection of Famous Quotes part 2

The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home. – James Madison

A government is instituted to protect property of every sort; as well that which lies in the various rights of individuals, as that which the term particularly expresses. – James Madison

The advancement of agriculture, commerce, and manufactures, by all proper means, will not, I trust, need recommendation. – James Madison

Liberty is to faction what air is to fire, an aliment without which it instantly expires. – James Madison

We are right to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties. – James Madison

If we are to take for the criterion of truth the majority of suffrages, they ought to be gotten from those philosophic and patriotic citizens who cultivate their reason. – James Madison

I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power, than by violent and sudden usurpations. – James Madison

The loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad. – James Madison

The purpose of a government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness. – James Madison

The essence of government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. – James Madison

To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea. – James Madison

In a government where the people are sovereign, the diffusion of information is the key to maintaining freedom. – James Madison

Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. – James Madison

A genuine and stable peace is more likely to be the offspring of a Republic than a monarchy. – James Madison

The public good, the real welfare of the great body of the people, is the supreme object to be pursued; and no form of government whatever has any other value than as it may be fitted for the attainment of this object. – James Madison

The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government hold their power, is derived. – James Madison

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

Popular government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy; or, perhaps both. – James Madison

The happy Union of these States is a wonder; their Constitution a miracle; their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world. – James Madison

I consider the government on trial. – James Madison

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Liberty is not to be enjoyed, indeed it cannot exist, without the general administration of justice. – James Madison

No nation can preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare. – James Madison

War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government, which is to reap its fruits. – James Madison

It is of great importance in a republic, not only to guard the society against the oppression of its rulers; but to guard one part of the society against the injustice of the other part. – James Madison

A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government. – James Madison

The advice nearest my heart and deepest in my convictions is that the Union of the States be cherished and perpetuated. – James Madison

Public opinion sets bounds to every government, and is the real sovereign in every free one. – James Madison

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

The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. – James Madison

The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. – James Madison

The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money. – James Madison

All men having power ought to be mistrusted. – James Madison