Famous James Madison Quotes

  • In no instance have the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people. – James Madison

    In no instance have the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people.– James Madison

  • Liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty as well as by the abuses of power. – James Madison

    Liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty as well as by the abuses of power.– James Madison

  • Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind, and unfits it for every noble enterprise, every expanded pro – James Madison

    Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind, and unfits it for every noble enterprise, every expanded pro– James Madison

  • If men were angels, no government would be necessary. – James Madison

    If men were angels, no government would be necessary.– James Madison

  • The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money. – James Madison

    The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.– James Madison

  • Liberty is to faction what air is to fire… – James Madison

    Liberty is to faction what air is to fire…– James Madison

  • A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. – James Madison

    A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.– James Madison

  • Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. – James Madison

    Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other.– James Madison

  • The means of defence agst. foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at home. – James Madison

    The means of defence agst. foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at home.– James Madison