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
Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power. – James Madison
And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in showing that religion and Government will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together. – James Madison
A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is the best most natural defense of a free country. – James Madison