The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy. – James Madison
The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home. – James Madison
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. – James Madison
A sincere and steadfast co-operation in promoting such a reconstruction of our political system as would provide for the permanent liberty and happiness of the United States. – James Madison