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- If our nation is ever taken over, it will be taken over from within. James Madison. Taken, Over It, Nations.
- The future and success of America is not in this Constitution, but in the laws of God upon which this Constitution is founded. James Madison. Law, America, Constitution.
- Oppressors can tyrannize only when they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press, and a disarmed populace. James Madison. Strength, Peace, Army.
- Crisis is the rallying cry of the tyrant. James Madison. Rallying Cry, Tyrants, Presidential.
- “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.”
A collection of quotes by James Madison, the fourth president of the United States and a key architect of the U.S. Constitution. Explore his views on liberty, democracy, religion, education, and more.
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A watchful eye must be kept on ourselves lest while we are building ideal monuments of Renown and Bliss here we neglect to have our names enrolled in the Annals of Heaven.
Would it not be as well to liberate and make soldiers at once of the blacks themselves, as to make them instruments for enlisting white soldiers? It would certainly be more consonant to the princip...
You will find an allusion to some mysterious cause for a phenomenon in Stocks. It is surmised that the deferred debt is to be taken up at the next session, and some anticipated provision made for i...
Some degree of abuse is inseparable from the proper use of every thing; and in no instance is this more true than in that of the press. It has accordingly been decided, by the practice of the state...
American citizens are instrumental in carrying on a traffic in enslaved Africans, equally in violation of the laws of humanity and in defiance of those of their own country. The same just and benev...
I have long thought that our vacant territory was the resource which, in some mode or other, was most applicable and adequate as a gradual cure for the portentous evil; without, however, being unaw...
Your anticipations with regard to the slavery among us were the natural offspring of your just principles and laudable sympathies; but I am sorry to say that the occasion which led to them proved t...
Jul 3, 2021 · Learn from the fourth President of the United States and one of the Founding Fathers of the Constitution. Read his quotes on liberty, federalism, separation of church and state, and more.
45 Notable Quotes By James Madison, Father Of The American Constitution. James Madison, known as the ‘Father of the American Constitution’ was also the ‘Founding Father’, and the fourth President of America. Madison was a great politician who always strived for a strong and transparent democracy.
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Explore the wisdom of James Madison, the \"father of the U.S. Constitution,\" on various topics such as war, peace, politics, and liberty. Find full quotes from his writings and speeches in the Online Library of Liberty.
