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 1 Share Now -
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 2 Share Now -
Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government. - James Madison 4 Share Now -
To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea. - James Madison 6 Share Now -
The capacity of the female mind for studies of the highest order cannot be doubted, having been sufficiently illustrated by its works of genius, of erudition, and of science. - James Madison 7 Share Now -
In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. - James Madison 8 Share Now -
I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations. - James Madison 9 Share Now -
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 10 Share Now -
