James Madison Quotes the rights of persons, and the rights of property

• The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government hold their power, is derived.
• The personal right to acquire property, which is a natural right, gives to property, when acquired, a right to protection, as a social right.
• The proposed Constitution is, in strictness, neither a national nor a federal constitution; but a composition of both.
• The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe with blood for centuries.
• The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted.

                                                                                                                                 James Madison