Famous quotes containing the word madison:
“[Montesquieu] lifted the veil from the venerable errors which enslaved opinion, and pointed the way to those luminous truths of which he had but a glimpse himself.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)
“A popular Government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)
“In republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)