Tag Archives: James Madison

First Principles: Responsibility, In Order To Be Reasonable, Must Be Limited To Objects Within the Power of the Responsible Party

Posted on April 10, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Responsibility, in order to be reasonable, must be limited to objects within the power of the responsible party, and in order to be effectual, must relate to operations of that power, of which a ready and proper judgment can be … Continue reading →

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First Principles: It Is the Reason Alone, of the Public, That Ought To Control and Regulate the Government

Posted on January 21, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“It is the reason alone, of the public, that ought to control and regulate the government.” – James Madison (1788)

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First Principles: The Future and Success of America Is Not In This Constitution But In the Laws of God Upon Which This Constitution Is Founded

Posted on January 16, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The future and success of America is not in this Constitution, but in the laws of God upon which this Constitution is founded. Oppressors can tyrannize only when they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press, and a disarmed populace. … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Powers Delegated By the Proposed Constitution To the Federal Government Are Few and Defined. Those Which Are To Remain In the State Governments Are Numerous and Indefinite

Posted on January 6, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite.” – James Madison, Federalist 45, 1788 (For those who do not understand that the … Continue reading →

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First Principles: I Cannot Undertake To Lay My Finger On That Article of the Constitution Which Granted A Right To Congress of Expending, On Objects of Benevolence, the Money of Their Constituents

Posted on December 5, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents.” – James Madison

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First Principles: The Aim of Every Political Constitution Is…To Obtain For Rulers Men Who Possess Most Wisdom to Discern, and Most Virtue To Pursue, the Common Good of the Society

Posted on November 22, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The aim of every political constitution is, or ought to be, first to obtain for rulers men who possess most wisdom to discern, and most virtue to pursue, the common good of the society; and in the next place, to … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The Advancement and Diffusion of Knowledge Is the Only Guardian of True Liberty

Posted on October 19, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.” – James Madison

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First Principles: Measures Are Too Often Decided, Not According To the Rules of Justice and the Rights of the Minor Party, But By the Superior Force of an Interested and Overbearing Majority

Posted on October 12, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Measures are too often decided, not according to the rules of justice and the rights of the minor party, but by the superior force of an interested and overbearing majority.” – James Madison

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First Principles: Democracy Is the Most Vile Form of Government

Posted on September 28, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Democracy is the most vile form of government.” – James Madison Memo to the Swamp and its supporters… We live in a republic.

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First Principles: Wherever the Real Power In Government Lies, There Is the Danger of Oppression

Posted on September 26, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Wherever the real power in a Government lies, there is the danger of oppression.” – James Madison (1788)

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