James Madison actually said...

I, James Madison, President as aforesaid, have caused the premises to be made public; and I do hereby enjoin all persons bearing office, civil or military, within the United States and all others citizens or inhabitants thereof or being within the same faithfully to observe and fulfill the said treaty and every clause and article thereof.

Context

Proclamation—Announcing a Treaty of Peace Between the United States of America and His Britannic Majesty Signed at Ghent

02/17/1815

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...

More James Madison Quotes

These resources are amply sufficient to bring the war to an honorable issue.
3/3/1813
The war has been waged on our part with scrupulous regard to all these obligations, and in a spirit of liberality which was never surpassed.
3/3/1813
If the reputation of our arms has been thrown under clouds on the other, presaging flashes of heroic enterprise assure us that nothing is wa...
3/3/1813
Conformably to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 27th of January last, I transmit \rolls of the persons having office or...
3/2/1813

View All James Madison Quotes