No man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause, because his interest would certainly bias his judgment.
James MadisonThe number of individuals employed under the Constitution of the United States will be much smaller than the number employed under the particular States.
James MadisonThe power to declare war, including the power of judging the causes of war, is fully and exclusively vested in the legislature.
James MadisonReligious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise.... During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What have been its fruits? More or less, in all places, pride and indolence in the clergy; ignorance and servility in laity; in both, superstition, bigotry, and persecution.
James Madison