James Madison

Quote link. Other quotes about: ignorance power people government: "A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to Farce, or a Tragedy, or perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance. and a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives."
Quote link. Other quotes about: power believe people freedom: "I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations."
Quote link. Other quotes about: men government: "If men were angels, no government would be necessary."
Quote link.: "What spectacle can be more edifying or more seasonable than that of Liberty and Learning, each leaning on the other for their natural and surest support."
Quote link. Other quotes about: christ religion: "Who does not see that the same authority which can establish Christianity, in exclusion of all other religions, may establish with the same ease any particular sect of Christians, in exclusion of all other sects"