If men were angels, no government would be necessary. ✨ The Federalist…

James Madison
401 citations
If men were angels, no government would be necessary. ✨ The Federalist no. 51 (1788)
Politics
10

More Author Quotes

Is there a Legislative power in fact, not expressly prohibited by the Constitution, which might not, according to the doctrine of the Court, be exercised as a means of carrying into effect some speci … ▶
On any other hypothesis, the delegation of judicial power would annul the authority delegating it; and the concurrence of this department with the others in usurped powers, might subvert forever, and … ▶
The invasion of private rights is chiefly to be apprehended, not from acts of Government contrary to the sense of its constituents, but from acts in which the Government is the mere instrument of the … ▶
Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise, every expanded prospect. ✨ James Madison, Ralph Ketcham Selected Writings of James Madison, Hackett Publi … ▶
I hope this will find you...enjoying the commencement of a new year with every prospect that can make it a happy one.

Most Cited Authors

27

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

27

Curated Author Quotes

82 Unforgettable 🦇 Batman Quotes