JAMES MADISON MOST FAMOUS QUOTE

“If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.”

“The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.”

“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.”

“The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.”

“The means of defense against foreign danger have been always the instruments of tyranny at home.”

“The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe with blood for centuries.”

“If men were angels, no government would be necessary.”

“In a representative republic, the education of our youth in particular should be excellent; it is important they are educated to understand the design and the rights of government. This is especially critical when the government controls the education of the people.”

“A well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people.”

“I go on the principle that a public debt is a public curse.”

“The people who own the country ought to govern it.” QUOTES FOR HEAVENLY MOTHER

“Liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty as well as by the abuses of power.”

“The future and success of America is not in this Constitution, but in the laws of God upon which this Constitution is founded.”

“The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.”

“A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.”

“The essence of Government is power, and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.”

“The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power.”

“A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will lose both, and deserve neither.”

“The advancement of agriculture, commerce, and manufactures, by all proper means, will not, I trust, need recommendation. But I cannot forbear intimating to you the expediency of giving effectual encouragement as well to the introduction of new and useful inventions from abroad, as to the exertions of skill and genius in producing them at home.”

“Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government.”