Famous quotes containing the word madison:
“What is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?”
—James Madison (1751–1836)
“I go by the great republican principle, that the people will have the virtue and intelligence to select men of virtue and wisdom [to the offices of government].”
—James Madison (1751–1836)
“I flatter myself [we] have in this country extinguished forever the ambitious hope of making laws for the human mind.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)