Experience has proved that the real danger to America and to liberty lies in the defect of energy and stability in the present establishment of the United States

Quote by James Madison

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Perhaps it is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to...

Perhaps it is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to...

A standing army is one of the greatest mischief that can possibly happen

A standing army is one of the greatest mischief that can possibly happen

The personal right to acquire property, which is a natural right, gives to property, when...

The personal right to acquire property, which is a natural right, gives to property, when...

America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity. That part of America which...

America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity. That part of America which...

Government destitute of energy, will ever produce anarchy.

Government destitute of energy, will ever produce anarchy.

Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other...

Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other...

The number, the industry, and the morality of the priesthood, and the devotion of the...

The number, the industry, and the morality of the priesthood, and the devotion of the...

The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.

The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.

The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is...

The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is...

The Constitution of the United States was created by the people of the United States...

The Constitution of the United States was created by the people of the United States...

I should not regret a fair and full trial of the entire abolition of capital...

I should not regret a fair and full trial of the entire abolition of capital...

As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be...

As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be...

By rendering the labor of one, the property of the other, they cherish pride, luxury,...

By rendering the labor of one, the property of the other, they cherish pride, luxury,...

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great...

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great...

Any reading not of a vicious species must be a good substitute for the amusements...

Any reading not of a vicious species must be a good substitute for the amusements...

Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence

Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence

The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of...

The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of...

The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human...

The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human...

I think the inherent right of the Government to lie to save itself when facing...

I think the inherent right of the Government to lie to save itself when facing...

God is a great expense but government would be impossible without him.

God is a great expense but government would be impossible without him.