I go on the principle that a public debt is a public curse and in a republican government more than in any other.
James MadisonA just security to property is not afforded by that government, under which unequal taxes oppress one species of property and reward another species.
James MadisonThe means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.
James MadisonOn any other hypothesis, the delegation of judicial power would annul the authority delegating it; and the concurrence of this department with the others in usurped powers, might subvert forever, and beyond the possible reach of any rightful remedy, the very Constitution which all were instituted to preserve.
James Madison