If we are to take for the criterion of truth the majority of suffrages, they ought to be gotten from those philosophic and patriotic citizens who cultivate their reason. James Madison Read Quote
Every nation whose affairs betray a want of wisdom and stability may calculate on every loss which can be sustained from the more systematic policy of its wiser neighbors. James Madison Read Quote
War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason. James Madison Read Quote
The internal effects of a mutable policy poisons the blessings of liberty itself. James Madison Read Quote
Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government. James Madison Read Quote
War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government which is to reap its fruits. James Madison Read Quote
The personal right to acquire property, which is a natural right, gives to property, when acquired, a right to protection, as a social right. James Madison Read Quote
Any reading not of a vicious species must be a good substitute for the amusements too apt to fill up the leisure of the labouring classes. James Madison Read Quote
