Madison

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    As yet her conduct has been great both as a free and as a martial nation. We hope it will continue so, and finally baffle all her enemies, who are in fact the enemies of human nature.
    —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)

    War ... should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government which is to reap its fruits.
    —James Madison (1751–1836)