James Madison Quotes about God

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We have staked the whole future of our new nation, not upon the power of government; far from it. We have staked the future of all our political constitutions upon the capacity of each of ourselves to govern ourselves

We have staked the whole future of our new nation, not upon the power of government; far from it. We have staked the future of all our political constitutions upon the capacity of each of ourselves to govern ourselves according to the moral principles of the Ten Commandments.

James Madison

Bible, God, Religious

Cursed be all that learning that is contrary to the cross of Christ.

James Madison

Bible, God, Education

The belief in a God All Powerful wise and good, is so essential to the moral order of the world and to the happiness of man, that arguments which enforce it cannot be drawn from too many sources nor adapted with too much solicitude to the different characters and capacities impressed with it.

James Madison

God, Wise, Powerful

James Madison, David B. Mattern (1997). “James Madison's "Advice to My Country"”, p.51, University of Virginia Press

What is here a right towards men, is a duty towards the Creator.

James Madison

God, Men, Duty

James Madison, Virginia. General assembly, 1785 (1828). “A memorial and remonstrance, on the religious rights of man; written in 1784-5, at the request of the religious society of Baptists in Virginia. ...”, p.3