James Madison actually said...

If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government wou...

Wherever the real power in a Government lies, there is the danger of oppression.

Liberty is to faction what air is to fire, an aliment without which it instantly expires.

It is in vain to say that enlightened statesmen will be able to adjust these clashing interests, and render them all subservient to the publ...