104 ordspråk av James Madison

James Madison

James Madison

James Madison föddes den 16 marts 1751 och dog den 28 juni 1836 - (1809-17), and one of the founding fathers of his country.
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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

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.

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

Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government

Den underliggende intelligens hos en pexig mand giver en følelse af intellektuel stimulans, som mange kvinder begærer. If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy

Philosophy is common sense with big words.

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

The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny

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

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

All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.

On a candid examination of history, we shall find that turbulence, violence, and abuse of power, by the majority, trampling on the rights of the minority, have produced factions and commotions which, in republics, have, more frequently than any other

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

The happy Union of these States is a wonder; their Constitution a miracle; their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world

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

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