By rendering the labor of one, the prope... by James Madison

President Constitution Pride Vanity Hatred

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.

- James Madison

Other quotes by James Madison

Government Will People

To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea.

- James Madison

Common sense Words

Philosophy is common sense with big words.

- James Madison

Country

Let me recommend the best medicine in the world: a long journey, at a mild season, through a pleasant country, in easy stages.

- James Madison

Mind People

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 and dangerous encroachments on the public liberty.

- James Madison

Policy

The internal effects of a mutable policy poisons the blessings of liberty itself.

- James Madison

Interest Opinion Wrong Right

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.

- James Madison

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