Stability in government is essential to national character and to the …

James Madison
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Stability in government is essential to national character and to the advantages annexed to it, as well as to that repose and confidence in the minds of the people, which are among the chief blessings of civil society. ✨ Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, Quentin P. Taylor, John Jay (1998). The Essential Federalist: A New Reading of the Federalist Papers, p.73, Rowman & Littlefield
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