The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war. – James Madison
The essence of Government is power and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. – James Madison
The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home. – James Madison
If we are to take for the criterion of truth the majority of suffrages, they ought to be gotten from those philosophic and patriotic citizens who cultivate their reason. – James Madison