I have no doubt but that the misery of the lower classes will be found to abate whenever the Government assumes a freer aspect and the laws favor a subdivision of Property. – James Madison
The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted. – James Madison
The proposed Constitution is, in strictness, neither a national nor a federal constitution; but a composition of both. – James Madison
Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions. – James Madison