The Constitution of the United States was created by the people of the United States composing the respective states, who alone had the right.
James MadisonA republic, by which I mean a government in which the scheme of representation takes place, opens a different prospect and promises the cure for which we are seeking.
James Madison[I]t is more convenient to prevent the passage of a law, than to declare it void after it has passed.
James MadisonThe liberal appropriations made by the legislature of Kentucky for a general system of education cannot be too much applauded . . . . Learned institutions ought to be the favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against crafty and dangerous encroachments on the public liberty . . . . What spectacle can be more edifying or more seasonable than that of liberty and learning, each leaning on the other for their mutual and surest support?
James Madison