Learned Institutions ought to be favorit... by James Madison

People President Mind Constitution Secretary of State

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

Other quotes by James Madison

Communication Man

A man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them.

- James Madison

The purpose of the Constitution is to restrict the majority's ability to harm a minority.

- James Madison

War

War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason.

- James Madison

Ambition

Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.

- James Madison

War

Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other.

- James Madison

Morality People

The 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 Madison

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