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James Madison

Date of Birth:

16-Mar-1751

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United States

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One of the American founders, James Madison wrote the first draft of the U.S. Constitution, co-authored the Federalist Papers and sponsored the Bill of Rights. He founded the Democrat-Republican Party with President Thomas Jefferson and became president in the year 1808. Madison started the war of 1812 and served two terms in the White House with the first woman Dorley Madison. He died June 28, 1836, at Montpelier estate in Orange County, Virginia.

Books by James Madison
federalist papers
Federalist No. 10
James Madison, 1751-1836
The mind of the founder
Letters and other writings of James Madison
A vocabulary of New Jersey Delaware James Madison
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The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.
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“The means of defence agst. foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at home.”
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“The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.”
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“The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe in blood for centuries.
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“There are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.”
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“Philosophy is common sense with big words.”
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“The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.”
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“A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”
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“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, selfappointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”
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“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own governors, must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives. A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy or perhaps both”
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“Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.”
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“It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.”
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