James Madison Quotes about Tyranny

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

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

James Madison

Definitions, Tyranny

The danger from legislative usurpations, which, by assembling all power in the same hands, must lead to the same tyranny as is threatened by executive usurpations.

James Madison

Hands, Danger, Tyranny

Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (2016). “The Federalist Papers and the Constitution of the United States: The Principles of the American Government”, p.267, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.