What did James Madison mean by: A just government has no need for the clergy or the church. James Madison Politician · USA Copy
+ Despotism can only exist in darkness. Author, October 18, 2023January 2, 2025, James Madison, Oppression, Power, Transparency, 0 James Madison Politician · USA
Truth [comes only] from those … who cultivate their reason. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James Madison, Cultivation, Reason, Truth, 0 James Madison Politician · USA
if the people are to be our governors, they must arm themselves with knowledge. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James Madison, Empowerment, Governance, Knowledge, 0 James Madison Politician · USA
Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James Madison, Interest, Power, Wrongdoing, 0 James Madison Politician · USA
+ War is in fact the true nurse of executive aggrandizement Author, August 3, 2023January 2, 2025, James Madison, Authority, Conflict, Power, 0 James Madison Politician · USA
Public opinion sets bounds to every government, and is the real sovereign in every free one. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James Madison, Government, Public Opinion, Sovereignty, 0 James Madison Politician · USA
We are right to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James Madison, Alarm, Experiment, liberties, 0 James Madison Politician · USA
Those who hold and those who are without property have ever formed distinct interests in society. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James Madison, Interests, Property, Society, 0 James Madison Politician · USA
Poetry is a religion without hope, but its martyrs guarantee the eternal truth of its dogma. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Oh God, if you want women to never again raise their voices, then create an adult man! Jean Giraudoux Playwright · France
I would like the last of the kings to be strangled by the guts of the last priest. Jean Meslier Priest · France
