- I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power, than by violent and sudden usurpations
- A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty
- No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare
- Perhaps it is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged against provisions against danger, real or pretended from abroad
- During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What have been its fruits? More or less in all places, pride and indolence in the Clergy, ignorance and servility in the laity, in both, superstition, bigotry and persecution
- History records that the money changers have used every form of abuse, intrigue, deceit, and violent means possible to maintain their control over governments by controlling the money and its issuance
- If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy
- Crisis is the rallying cry of the tyrant
- A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty
- No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare
- Perhaps it is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged against provisions against danger, real or pretended from abroad
- During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What have been its fruits? More or less in all places, pride and indolence in the Clergy, ignorance and servility in the laity, in both, superstition, bigotry and persecution
- History records that the money changers have used every form of abuse, intrigue, deceit, and violent means possible to maintain their control over governments by controlling the money and its issuance
- If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy
- Crisis is the rallying cry of the tyrant
James Madison
Fourth President of the United States (1809–1817), Founding Father of the United States. Considered to be the "Father of the Constitution", he was the principal author of the document.
