James Madison Quotes

Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. - James Madison

All that seems indispensible in stating the account between the dead and the living, is to see that the debts against the latter do not exceed the advances made by the former. - James Madison

All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree. - James Madison

A well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people. - James Madison

A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is the best most natural defense of a free country. - James Madison

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. - James Madison

A standing army is one of the greatest mischief that can possibly happen. - James Madison

A sincere and steadfast co-operation in promoting such a reconstruction of our political system as would provide for the permanent liberty and happiness of the United States. - James Madison

A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce, or a tragedy, or perhaps both. - James Madison

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