That is not a just government, nor is property secure under in it, where the property which a man has in his personal safety and personal liberty, is violated by arbitrary seizures of one class of citizens for the service of the rest. President James Madison, Fourth President (1809-1817)
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Russian Collusion?
If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy! President James Madison (1751-1836)
Founding Father’s on Gun Control
The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed! A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is the best and most natural defense of a free country! James Madison, June 8, 1789
Warning to those in Political Power in America!
We have staked the whole future of American civilization not on the power of government, far from it. We have staked the whole of our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind to self-government, upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves according to the commandments of God. The future and success of America is not in this Constitution, but in the laws of God upon which this Constitution is founded! President James Madison.
How To Get Satisfactory Score on your Test?
I have sometimes thought there could not be a stronger testimony in favor of religion or against temporal enjoyments, even the most rational and manly, than for men who occupy the most honorable and gainful departments and are rising in reputation and wealth, publicly to declare their unsatisfactoriness by becoming fervent advocates in the cause of Christ; I wish you may give in your evidence in this way. Source; President James Madison
Addicted to Busy?
A watchful eye must be kept on ourselves lest, while we are building ideal monuments of renown and bliss here, we neglect to have our names enrolled in the Annals of Heaven! Source; President James Madison
Christian American Foundations
Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civic society. It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it is obtained, or until liberty be lost in the pursuit. Source; James Madison, Federalist No. 51, 1788