James Madison Quotations All men having power ought to be mistrusted

• A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is the best most natural defense of a free country.
• A well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people.
• All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.
• All men having power ought to be mistrusted.
• All that seems indispensible in stating the account between the dead and the living, is to see that the debts against the latter do not exceed the advances made by the former.

                                                                                                                                                                  James Madison