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
definitions tyranny
The very definition of tyranny is when all powers are gathered under one place.
spiritual religion matter
No distinction seems to be more obvious than that between spiritual and temporal matters. Yet whenever they have been made objects of Legislation, they have clashed and contended with each other, till one or the other has gained the supremacy.
minorities purpose majority
The purpose of the Constitution is to restrict the majority's ability to harm a minority.
tyrants people democracy
Democracy was the right of the people to choose their own tyrant.
patriotic blood europe
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.
freedom war mean
The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.
giving liberty protection
The personal right to acquire property, which is a natural right, gives to property, when acquired, a right to protection, as a social right.
war liberty tyranny-founding-fathers
The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war.
inspirational war army
Of all the enemies to public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes; and armies, debts, and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few ... No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.
government people liberty
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.
art agriculture america
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.
law void congress
[I]t is more convenient to prevent the passage of a law, than to declare it void after it has passed.
strength peace ambition
A people armed and free, forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition and is a bulwark for the nation against foreign invasion and domestic oppression.
country journey medicine
Let me recommend the best medicine in the world: a long journey, at a mild season, through a pleasant country, in easy stages.