~ James Madison Quotes ~

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James Madison Quotes


An American politician and political philosopher who served as the fourth President of the United States and is considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
James Madison, Jr. (March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836) was an American politician and political philosopher who served as the fourth President of the United States (1809–1817) and is considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.

Here are some famous quotes by James Madison. 

If men were angels no government would be necessary.

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If tyranny and oppression come to this land it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.

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The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.

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A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens who assemble and administer the government in person.

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Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.

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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 the objects of benevolence the money of their constituents.

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Since the general civilization of mankind I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.

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You give me a credit to which I have no claim in calling me 'the writer of the Constitution of the United States.' This was not like the fabled Goddess of Wisdom the offspring of a single brain. It ought to be regarded as the work of many heads and many hands.

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A popular Government without popular information or the means of acquiring it is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy or perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance and a people who mean to be their own Governors must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives.