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James Madison Quotes

American - President | March 16, 1751 - June 28, 1836

Each generation should be made to bear the burden of its own wars, instead of carrying them on, at the expense of other generations.

Generation Burden Bear Own Made

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

Happiness Government People Liberty

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

Communication Man Free Opinions His

Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.

Religion Government Without Purity

In no instance have... the churches been guardians of the liberties of the people.

People Been Churches Guardians

Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.

Trust People Right Afraid Arms

And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in showing that religion and Government will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together.

Together Past Religion Government

The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war.

War Question Right Decide Executive

The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.

Confidence Money Better Than

The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.

Trust People Constitution Over Where

As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights.

Man Said Right Rights Property May

The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe with blood for centuries.

Purpose Church Blood Separation Soil

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