In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority. – 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 loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or imagined, from abroad. – James Madison
The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to an uniformity of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government. – James Madison