Famous Quotes by James Madison
- "Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against crafty & dangerous encroachments on the public liberty." —James Madison on Education
- "If men were angels, no government would be necessary." —James Madison on Government
- "The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse." —James Madison on Power
- "As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights." —James Madison on Property
- "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 usurpations." —James Madison on Silence
