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.
JAMES MADISONAnd 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.
JAMES MADISONThe 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.
JAMES MADISONThe essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.
JAMES MADISONUnion of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence.
JAMES MADISONNo nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.
JAMES MADISONDespotism can only exist in darkness, and there are too many lights now in the political firmament to permit it to remain anywhere, as it has heretofore done, almost everywhere.
JAMES MADISONThe truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.
JAMES MADISONThe people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government hold their power, is derived.
JAMES MADISONEach generation should be made to bear the burden of its own wars, instead of carrying them on, at the expense of other generations.
JAMES MADISONA man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them.
JAMES MADISONIn Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.
JAMES MADISONThe rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted.
JAMES MADISONAmbition must be made to counteract ambition.
JAMES MADISONA pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person.
JAMES MADISONReligion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.
JAMES MADISONThe 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