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James Madison Government Quotes


The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to an uniformity of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government. James Madison Government 86
Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government. James Madison Government 79
I have no doubt but that the misery of the lower classes will be found to abate whenever the Government assumes a freer aspect and the laws favor a subdivision of Property. James Madison Government 75
Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob. James Madison Government 70
Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government. James Madison Government 65
If men were angels, no government would be necessary. James Madison Government 63
In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. James Madison Government 63
The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted. James Madison Government 61
A 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 Government 55
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 Government 40
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 Government 29

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