Security against foreign danger is one of the primitive objects of civil society. It is an avowed and essential object of the American Union.
James MadisonI have appealed to our own experience for the truth of what I advance on this subject [that the legislative power is the predominant power]. Were it necessary to verify this experience by particular proofs, they might be multiplied without end. I might find a witness in every citizen who has shared in, or been attentive to, the course of public administrations.
James MadisonThe magnitude of this evil among us is so deeply felt, and so universally acknowledged, that no merit could be greater than that of devising a satisfactory remedy for it.
James MadisonEqual laws protecting equal rightsโฆthe best guarantee of loyalty and love of country.
James Madison