Public opinion sets bounds to every government, and is the real sovereign in every free one.
James MadisonIs there a Legislative power in fact, not expressly prohibited by the Constitution, which might not, according to the doctrine of the Court, be exercised as a means of carrying into effect some specified Power?
James MadisonWe are teaching the world the great truth that Governments do better without Kings & Nobles than with them.
James MadisonThe legislative department is everywhere extending the sphere of its activity and drawing all power into its impetuous vortex.
James Madison