James Madison/presidency 1809-1817

Famous quotes containing the words james madison, james, madison and/or presidency:

    [T]he temple through which alone lies the road to that of Liberty.
    James Madison (1751–1836)

    There is ... an organic affinity between joyousness and tenderness, and their companionship in the saintly life need in no way occasion surprise.
    —William James (1842–1910)

    Man is known to be a selfish, as well as a social being.
    —James Madison (1751–1836)

    ... how often the Presidency has simply meant that a man shall be abused, distrusted, and worked to death while he is filling the great office, and that he should drop into unmerited oblivion when he has left the White House ...
    M. E. W. Sherwood (1826–1903)