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" I have no doubt but that the misery of the lower classes will be found to abate whenever the Government assumes a freer aspect and the laws favor a subdivision of Property. "

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" The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy. "

James Madison

Class

Independence

Happy

" Each generation should be made to bear the burden of its own wars, instead of carrying them on, at the expense of other generations. "

" There is no maxim, in my opinion, which is more liable to be misapplied, and which, therefore, more needs elucidation, than the current one, that the interest of the majority is the political standard of right and wrong. "

James Madison

Opinion

Political

" The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe with blood for centuries. "

" If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. "

" Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence. "

" If men were angels, no government would be necessary. "

" We are right to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties. "

" Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power. "

" Commercial shackles are generally unjust, oppressive, and impolitic. "

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

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

" The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money. "

" It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood. "

" Philosophy is common sense with big words. "

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

" The number, the industry, and the morality of the priesthood, and the devotion of the people have been manifestly increased by the total separation of the church from the state. "

" A sincere and steadfast co-operation in promoting such a reconstruction of our political system as would provide for the permanent liberty and happiness of the United States. "

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

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

" To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea. "

" Let me recommend the best medicine in the world: a long journey, at a mild season, through a pleasant country, in easy stages. "

James Madison

Journey

Long

" 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. "

" In no instance have... the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people. "

" America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity. That part of America which had encouraged them most had advanced most rapidly in population, agriculture and the arts. "

" In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. "

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

" The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. "

" As long as the reason of man continues fallible, and he is at liberty to exercise it, different opinions will be formed. "

" It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad. "