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  1. www.azquotes.com › author › 9277-James_MadisonTOP 25 QUOTES BY JAMES MADISON (of 548) | A-Z Quotes

    James Madison Government , Constitution Of The United States , Charity “The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution: As Recommended by the General Convention at Philadelphia in 1787.

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  3. www.goodreads.com › author › quotesJames Madison Quotes (Author of United States Bill of Rights)

    • “The means of defence agst. foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at home.” ― James Madison.
    • “The advancement of science and the diffusion of information [is] the best aliment to true liberty.” ― 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 in blood for centuries.
    • “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.”

  4. libquotes.com › james-madison › quotesJames Madison Quotes about Government - Lib Quotes

    • The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.
    • The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to a uniformity of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government.
    • If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.
    • To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea.

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  6. constitutioncenter.org › blog › james-madisonJames Madison: Birthday quotes from the most quotable ...

    Mar 16, 2016 · Read 10 famous quotes from James Madison, the father of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Learn how he argued for liberty, federalism, separation of powers and popular sovereignty in his writings and speeches.

  7. oll.libertyfund.org › people › james-madisonQuotes by James Madison | Online Library of Liberty

    Find quotes by James Madison, the "father of the U.S. Constitution," on topics such as war, peace, politics, liberty, and separation of powers. Learn from his insights and arguments on the role and limits of government in a free society.

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    War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason. James Madison. 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.

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    Jul 12, 2024 · Quotes on remarks of Madison (and a few others for context), from his own notes summarizing the debates and discussions in developing the US Constitution (14 May - 17 September 1787), as published in The Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787, which framed the Constitution of the United States of America, reported by James Madison, a ...

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