Madison

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    If men were angels, no government would be necessary.
    —James Madison (1751–1836)

    Public instability ... gives ... [an] unreasonable advantage ... to the sagacious, the enterprising, and the moneyed few over the industrious and uninformed mass of the people.
    —James Madison (1751–1836)

    America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity. That part of America which had encouraged them most had advanced most rapidly in population, agriculture and the arts.
    —James Madison (1751–1836)