Quotessence
Home / Books / The forging of American federalism: selected writings of James Madison

The forging of American federalism: selected writings of James Madison

Book by James Madison · 2 quotes · Heart, Liberty, Long

Filter quotes by topic

The forging of American federalism: selected writings of James Madison Quotes

“The experience of the United States is a happy disproof of the error so long rooted in the unenlightened minds of well meaning Christians, as well as in the corrupt hearts of persecuting Usurpers, that without a legal incorporation of religious and civil polity, neither could be supported. A mutual independence is found most friendly to practical Religion, to social harmony, and to political prosperity.”

“The rich man, when contributing to a permanent plan for the education of the poor, ought to reflect that he is providing for that of his own descendants; and the poor man who concurs in a provision for those who are not poor that at no distant day it may be enjoyed by descendants from himself. It does not require a long life to witness these vicissitudes of fortune.”