James Madison
James Madison
James Madison, Jr.was a political theorist, American statesman, and the fourth President of the United States. He is hailed as the "Father of the Constitution" for his pivotal role in drafting and promoting the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionUS President
Date of Birth16 March 1751
CityPort Conway, VA
CountryUnited States of America
blessing liberty poison
The internal effects of a mutable policy poisons the blessings of liberty itself.
reading class amusement
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.
reality liberty done
Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done.
independent class rights
The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy.
communication men liberty
A man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them.
past government doubt
And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in showing that religion and Government will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together.
liberty tyranny-founding-fathers firsts
We are right to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties.
patriotic government numbers
A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person.
order mind genius
The capacity of the female mind for studies of the highest order cannot be doubted, having been sufficiently illustrated by its works of genius, of erudition, and of science.
debt latter made
All that seems indispensible in stating the account between the dead and the living, is to see that the debts against the latter do not exceed the advances made by the former.
regret punishment trials
I should not regret a fair and full trial of the entire abolition of capital punishment.
confidence religious unions
Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence.
war afterlife liberty
War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason.
powerful names government
A victorious and powerful ally is but another name for a master.