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James Madison on Redistribution

by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 4, 2013 | Constitution, Equality, Founders, Freedom, Government, James Madison, President, Quotes

By rendering the labor of one, the property of the other, they cherish pride, luxury, and vanity on one side; on the other, vice and servility, or hatred and revolt. Courtesy of BrainyQuotes

James Madison on Minority Rights 2

by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 4, 2013 | Constitution, Founders, Freedom, Government, James Madison, Quotes

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. Courtesy of BrainyQuotes

James Madison on Property Rights 2

by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 4, 2013 | Constitution, Founders, Freedom, Government, James Madison, Natural Law, President, Quotes

The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted. Courtesy of BrainyQuotes

James Madison on Education 2

by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 4, 2013 | Education, Founders, Freedom, James Madison, President, Quotes

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

James Madison on Debt 2

by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 4, 2013 | Debt, Founders, James Madison, President, Quotes

All that seems indispensible in stating the account between the dead and the living, is to see that the debts against the latter do not exceed the advances made by the former. Courtesy of BrainyQuotes

James Madison on Democracy

by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 4, 2013 | Founders, Government, James Madison, President, Quotes

A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person. Courtesy of BrainyQuotes
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