The James Madison Institute is a free-market American think tank headquartered in Tallahassee, Florida in the United States. It is a member of the State Policy Network.
Their views are that "the Institute's ideas are rooted in a belief in the U.S. Constitution and such timeless ideals as limited government, economic freedom, federalism, and individual liberty coupled with individual responsibility."
Read more about James Madison Institute: History, Principles, Publications, Funding, In The News, Scholars and Staff, Famous Staff and Faculty
Famous quotes containing the words james madison, james, madison and/or institute:
“The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)
“It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.”
—Henry James (1843–1916)
“A government deriving its energy from the will of the society, and operating, by the reason of its measures, on the understanding and interest of the society ... is the government for which philosophy has been searching and humanity been fighting from the most remote ages ... which it is the glory of America to have invented, and her unrivalled happiness to possess.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)
“Whenever any form of government shall become destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, & to institute new government, laying it’s foundation on such principles & organising it’s powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety & happiness.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)