James Madison

The loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or imagined, from abroad.…

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

Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government. James Madison

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

A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in…

To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a…

What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would…

The essence of Government is power and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable…

The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which…

I have no doubt but that the misery of the lower classes will be found to abate whenever the Government…