James Madison Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)
James Madison quotes and sayings page 2 (deceased president born on Mar 16, 1751). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 74 we have for him.
“The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.”
“Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions.”
“If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.”
“The happy Union of these States is a wonder; their Constitution a miracle; their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world.”
“Philosophy is common sense with big words.”
“In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.”
“The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted.”
“It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.”
“No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.”
“As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights.”
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