[Y]ou will understand the game behind the curtain too well not to perceive the old trick of turning every contingency into a resource for accumulating force in the government.
James MadisonThere is a degree of depravity in mankind which requires a certain degree of circumspection and distrust.
James Madison[Christianity] existed and flourishes, not only without the support of human laws, but in spite of every opposition from them.
James MadisonWar contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason.
James Madison