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Results of search for Author: James Madison - Page 1 of 2 Showing results 1 to 10 of 12 total quotations found.
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Results from Michael Moncur's (Cynical) Quotations:

If men were angels, no government would be necessary.: James Madison (1751 - 1836)

Results from Classic Quotes:

We have staked the whole future of American civilization, not upon the power of government, far from it. We have staked the future of all of our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind of self-government; upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God.: Unknown, (attributed incorrectly to James Madison)
I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.: James Madison (1751 - 1836)
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 (1751 - 1836), Speech in the Virginia Convention, June 6, 1788
The essence of government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.: James Madison (1751 - 1836), Speech in the Virginia constitutional convention, Richmond, Virginia, December 2, 1829
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The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.: James Madison (1751 - 1836), Speech in the Virginia constitutional convention, Richmond, Virginia, December 2, 1829
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If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.: James Madison (1751 - 1836), The Federalist Papers, 1788
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Results from Rand Lindsly's Quotations:

A little rebellion now and then...is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government.: Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), Letter to James Madison, 1787
We have staked the whole future of American civilization, not upon the power of government, far from it. We have staked the future of all of our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind of self-government; upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God.: James Madison (1751 - 1836), (attributed)

Results from Contributed Quotations:

Democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security, or the rights of property; have in general been as short in their lives as they are violent in their deaths.: James Madison (1751 - 1836), Federalist Papers (# 10)

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