James Madison1751–1836The quotations of
James Madison
President of the United States from 1809 to 1817
1751–1836
31 quotes, most often on Government, Politics and War & Peace. Part of the U.S. Presidents and Founding Fathers collections.
If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.
No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.
“Political Observations” (1795-04-20)- “Political Observations” (1795-04-20)
- Letter to Thomas Jefferson (2 April 1798); published in The Writings of James Madison (1906) edited by Gaillard Hunt, Vol. 6, pp. 312-14





