James Madison/presidency 1809-1817

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    Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic currents passing through your being, is another.
    —William James (1842–1910)

    The Civil rights of none shall be abridged on account of religious belief or worship, nor shall any national religion be established, nor shall the full and equal rights of conscience be in any manner, or on any pretext, be infringed.
    —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)