Presidential Quotes: James Madison

 James Madison, 4th US President

“If our nation is ever taken over, it will be taken over from within.”

“The future and success of America is not in this Constitution, but in the laws of God upon which this Constitution is founded.”

“We have staked the whole future of our new nation, not upon the power of government; far from it. We have staked the future of all our political constitutions upon the capacity of each of ourselves to govern ourselves according to the moral principles of the Ten Commandments.”

“Our Constitution represents the work of the finger of Almighty God.”

“In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.”

“Cursed be all that learning that is contrary to the cross of Christ.”

“Our country, if it does justice to itself, will be the workshop of liberty to the civilized world.”

“The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.”