[ Famous Quotes ] James Madison, 4th U.S. President (1751-1836), Part 2

James Madison, 4th U.S. President (1751-1836), Part 2

“In Republics, the great danger is that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.”

“Since the general civilization of mankind, I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpation.”

“The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.”

“And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in showing that religion and Government will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together.”

“I go on the principle that a public debt is a public curse, and in a Republican Government a greater curse than any other.”

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