A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person. – James Madison
It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood. – James Madison
All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree. – 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
Its counterintuitive, but the most divisive arrangement is when the same party controls both Congress and the presidency, a situation encountered in eight of the past 10 years. With government unified under a single party, the minority has the least possible incentive to cooperate with the majority. – John Sununu