James Madison

The happy Union of these States is a wonder; their Constitution a miracle; their example the hope of Liberty throughout the world.

The loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or imagined, from abroad.

Whenever a youth is ascertained to possess talents meriting an education which his parents cannot afford, he should be carried forward at the public expense.

The government has once again made the right socially acceptable.

Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult.

That which makes people dissatisfied with their condition, is the chimerical idea they form of the happiness of others.