James Madison

To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue…

The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is…

Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and…

The happy Union of these States is a wonder their Constitution a miracle their example…

A man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them…

A well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people…

Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done…

No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare…

A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is…

War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures…

Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of…

Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man…

A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble…

Americans have the right and advantage of being armed – unlike the citizens of other countries…

War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped…