What a perversion of the normal order of things! ... to make power the primary and central object of the social system, and Liberty but its satellite.
James MadisonNo man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause, because his interest would certainly bias his judgment.
James MadisonIn suits at common law, trial by jury in civil cases is as essential to secure the liberty of the people as any one of the pre-existent rights of nature.
James MadisonNo government, any more than an individual, will long be respected without being truly respectable; nor be truly respectable, without possessing a certain portion of order and stability.
James Madison