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The people shall not be deprived or abridged of their right to speak, or to publish their sentiments; and the freedom of the press, as one of the great bulwarks of liberty, shall be inviolable.

The people shall not be deprived or abridged of their right to speak, or to publish their sentiments; and the freedom of the press, as one of the great bulwarks of liberty, shall be inviolable.

People, President, Liberty

James Madison, Ralph Ketcham “Selected Writings of James Madison”, Hackett Publishing

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.

Patriotic, Men, Law

The Federalist no. 62 (1788).

Democracy was the right of the people to choose their own tyrant.

Tyrants, People, Democracy

The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe with blood for centuries.

Patriotic, Blood, Europe

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.

Country, Gun, Government

Conscience is the most sacred of all property.

Religious, Liberty, Sacred

James Madison (1867). “1829-1836”, p.479

Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government.

Government, Constitution Of The United States, Charity

James Madison (1836). “The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution: As Recommended by the General Convention at Philadelphia in 1787. Together with the Journal of the Federal Convention, Luther Martin's Letter, Yates's Minutes, Congressional Opinions, Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of '98-'99, and Other Illustrations of the Constitution”, p.431

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.

Government, Liberty, Politics

"Time Magazine: We Don't Need No Stinking Constitution" by Larry Elder, www.realclearpolitics.com. July 7, 2011.

Equal laws protecting equal rights…the best guarantee of loyalty and love of country.

Love, Loyalty, Country

History records that the money changers have used every form of abuse, intrigue, deceit, and violent means possible to maintain their control over governments by controlling money and it's issuance.

Lying, Mean, Government

In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.

Respect, Rights, Majority

James Madison, Ralph Ketcham “Selected Writings of James Madison”, Hackett Publishing

The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.

Education, Freedom, Inspirational Life

James Madison, David B. Mattern (1997). “James Madison's "Advice to My Country"”, p.41, University of Virginia Press

There is an evil which ought to be guarded against in the indefinite accumulation of property from the capacity of holding it in perpetuity by...corporations. The power of all corporations ought to be limited in this respect. The growing wealth acquired by them never fails to be a source of abuses.

Evil, Abuse, Growing

"Monopolies, Perpetuities, Corporations, Ecclesiastical Endowments". Essay by James Madison, 1817 - 1832.

The civil rights of none, shall be abridged on account of religious belief or worship, nor shall any national religion be established, nor shall the full and equal rights of conscience be in any manner, or on any pretext infringed.

Religious, Rights, Liberty

James Madison, Ralph Ketcham “Selected Writings of James Madison”, Hackett Publishing

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.

Men, Political, Liberty

James Madison (1867). “1829-1836”, p.478

The very definition of tyranny is when all powers are gathered under one place.

Definitions, Tyranny

Resistance to tyranny is service to God.

Liberty, Libertarian, Resistance

No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.

Freedom, War, Democracies Have

James Madison, Ralph Ketcham “Selected Writings of James Madison”, Hackett Publishing

If there be a principle that ought not to be questioned within the United States, it is that every man has a right to abolish an old government and establish a new one. This principle is not only recorded in every public archive, written in every American heart, and sealed with the blood of American martyrs, but is the only lawful tenure by which the United States hold their existence as a nation.

Heart, Men, Blood

James Madison (1965). “The forging of American federalism: selected writings of James Madison”

Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm.

Political, Politics, Enlightened

Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (1818). “The Federalist, on the New Constitution, Written in the Year 1788, by Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Madison, and Mr. Jay: with an Appendix, Containing the Letters of Pacificus and Helvidius, on the Proclamation of Neutrality of 1793; Also, the Original Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution of the United States, with the Amendments Made Thereto”, p.60

The governments of Europe are afraid to trust the people with arms. If they did, the people would certainly shake off the yoke of tyranny, as America did.

Gun, Government, Europe

The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government hold their power, is derived.

Government, People, Liberty

Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (1852). “The Federalist, on the New Constitution: Written in 1788”, p.273

If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the General Welfare, the Government is no longer a limited one, possessing enumerated powers, but an indefinite one.

Government, Done, Constitution

James Madison, David B. Mattern (1997). “James Madison's "Advice to My Country"”, p.31, University of Virginia Press

People will continue to seek justice until it is found, or until liberty is lost in the pursuit.

People, Justice, Liberty

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

Country, People, Liberty

Born: March 16, 1751 - June 28, 1836
Occupation: 4th U.S. President

Quotes: 548

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