James Madison Quotes The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money

• Such democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths.
• The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.
• The capacity of the female mind for studies of the highest order cannot be doubted, having been sufficiently illustrated by its works of genius, of erudition, and of science.
• The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.
• The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy.

                                                                                                                                 James Madison