James Madison Quotes The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted

• The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.
• There is no maxim, in my opinion, which is more liable to be misapplied, and which, therefore, more needs elucidation, than the current one, that the interest of the majority is the political standard of right and wrong.
• To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea.
• To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.
• Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence.

                                                                                                                                 James Madison