Famous quotes containing the word madison:
“What is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?”
—James Madison (1751–1836)
“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)
“The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)