James Madison Quotes about Politics

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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.

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

Government, Liberty, Politics

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

Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm.

James Madison

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 most common and durable source of faction has been the various and unequal distribution of property.

James Madison

Wisdom, Politics, Paper

Those who hold and those who are without property have ever formed distinct interests in society.

James Madison

Wisdom, Politics, Economy

The Federalist no. 10 (1788)

The nation which reposes on the pillow of political confidence, will sooner or later end its political existence in a deadly lethargy.

James Madison

Political, Politics, Ends

James Madison (1867). “1829-1836”, p.511

The protection of these faculties is the first object of government.

James Madison

Government, Diversity, Politics

The Federalist no. 10 (1788)