The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted. – James Madison
Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done. – James Madison
Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. – James Madison
War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason. – James Madison