Quotes of James Madison - somelinesforyou

“ 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. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. ”

- James Madison

“ The essence of government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. ”

- James Madison

“ The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. ”

- James Madison

“ The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money. ”

- James Madison

“ The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money. ”

- James Madison

“ Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power. ”

- James Madison

“ If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. ”

- James Madison

“ A man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them. ”

- James Madison

“ A well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people. ”

- James Madison

“ The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty. ”

- James Madison

“ The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty. ”

- James Madison

“ Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. ”

- James Madison

“ Philosophy is common sense with big words. ”

- James Madison

“ Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind, and unfits it for every noble enterprise, every expanded prospect. [Letter to William Bradford Jr. April 1 1774] ”

- 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. [Letter objecting to the use of government land for churches, 1803] ”

- James Madison

“ Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind, and unfits it for every noble enterprise, every expanded prospect. [Letter to William Bradford Jr. April 1 1774] ”

- James Madison

“ Every new and successful example, therefore, of a perfect separation between the ecclesiastical and civil matters, is of importance; 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. ”

- James Madison

“ Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise.... During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What have been its fruits? More or less, in all places, pride and indolence in the clergy; ignorance and servility in laity; in both, superstition, bigotry, and persecution. ”

- James Madison

“ The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty. ”

- James Madison

“ The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty. ”

- James Madison

“ The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty. ”

- James Madison

“ The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war. ”

- James Madison

“ I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents. ”

- James Madison

“ Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence. ”

- James Madison

“ The safety and happiness of society are the objects at which all political institutions aim, and to which all such institutions must be sacrificed. ”

- James Madison

“ A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person. ”

- James Madison

“ Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government. ”

- James Madison

“ Commercial shackles are generally unjust, oppressive, and impolitic. ”

- James Madison

“ If men were angels, no government would be necessary. ”

- James Madison

“ If men were angels, no government would be necessary. ”

- James Madison
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