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 Quotes
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
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The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home. - James Madison Quotes

The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.

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I go on the principle that a public debt is a public curse, and in a Republican Government a greater curse than any other - James Madison Quotes

I go on the principle that a public debt is a public curse, and in a Republican Government a greater curse than any other

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 Debt
To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression - James Madison Quotes

To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression

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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 Quotes

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.

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Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government. - James Madison Quotes

Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government.

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 American President Quotes Constitution
The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted. - James Madison Quotes

The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.

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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 Quotes

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

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 American President Quotes Body
Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms - James Madison Quotes

Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms

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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. - James Madison Quotes

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.

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 American President Quotes Choice
The Constitution of the United States was created by the people of the United States composing the respective states, who alone had the right . - James Madison Quotes

The Constitution of the United States was created by the people of the United States composing the respective states, who alone had the right .

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