James Madison
James Madison
James Madison, Jr.was a political theorist, American statesman, and the fourth President of the United States. He is hailed as the "Father of the Constitution" for his pivotal role in drafting and promoting the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionUS President
Date of Birth16 March 1751
CityPort Conway, VA
CountryUnited States of America
James Madison quotes about
- circulation
- no-confidence
- ifs
- regulation
- commerce
- apprehension
- endangered
- liberty
- numbers
- choices
- ambitious
- federalism
- constitution
- composition
- relief
- states
- constitution-of-the-united-states
- individual
- imagination
- visionaries
- events
- unjust
- shackles
- minorities
- purpose
- majority
- unions
- essentials
- danger
- republican-government
endangered liberty
Liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty as well as by the abuses of power.
circulation no-confidence ifs
Let the influx of money be ever so great, if there be no confidence, property will sink in value... The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.
branches may prudent
What prudent merchant will hazard his fortunes in any new branch of commerce when he knows not that his plans may be rendered unlawful before they can be executed?
taxation finance budgets
The most productive system of finance will always be the least burdensome.
strength peace ambition
A people armed and free, forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition and is a bulwark for the nation against foreign invasion and domestic oppression.
enlightened helm federalist
Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm.
definitions tyranny
The very definition of tyranny is when all powers are gathered under one place.
parent liberty youth
Whenever a youth is ascertained to possess talents meriting an education which his parents cannot afford, he should be carried forward at the public expense.
minorities purpose majority
The purpose of the Constitution is to restrict the majority's ability to harm a minority.
grateful inspire honor
There is in every breast a sensibility to marks of honor, of favor, of esteem, and of confidence, which, apart from all considerations of interest, is some pledge for grateful and benevolent returns. Ingratitude is a common topic of declamation against human nature; and it must be confessed, that instances of it are but too infrequent and flagrant both in public and in private life. But the universal and extreme indignation which it inspires, is itself a proof of the energy and prevalence of the contrary sentiment.
abuse democracy growing
The growing wealth aquired by them corporations never fails to be a source of abuses.
imagination visionaries events
A universal peace, it is to be feared, is in the catalogue of events, which will never exist but in the imaginations of visionary philosophers, or in the breasts of benevolent enthusiasts.
trust men political
The aim of every political Constitution, is or ought to be first to obtain for rulers men who possess most wisdom to discern, and most virtue to pursue, the common good of society; and in the next place, to take the most effectual precautions for keeping them virtuous whilst they continue to hold their public trust.
reason
Truth [comes only] from those ... who cultivate their reason.