The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war. – James Madison
As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights. – James Madison
The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted. – James Madison
It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad. – James Madison