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Also known as Bishop James Madison

American bishop (1749–1812)

Person · Open Library

Born
16 March 1751
Died
28 June 1836
Works
443

Top works

  • Der Föderalist
  • An address delivered before the Agricultural Society of Albemarle, on Tuesday, May 12, 1818
  • The case of Marbury v. Madison, 1 Cranch, 137
  • Letter from the Secretary of State to Mr. Monroe on the subject of the attack on the Chesapeake. The correspondence of Mr. Monroe with the British government. And also, Mr. Madison's correspondence with Mr. Rose on the same subject
  • Letters from the Secretary of State to Messrs. Monroe and Pinkney, on subjects committed to their joint negotiations

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United States
Active from
1999-03-05
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James Madison (March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836) was an American politician and political philosopher who served as the fourth President of the United States (1809–1817) and is considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was the principal author of the US Constitution, and is often called the "Father of the Constitution". In 1788, he wrote over a third of the Federalist Papers, an influential commentary on the Constitution. The first president to have served in the United State

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Quotes

  • A watchful eye must be kept on ourselves lest while we are building ideal monuments of Renown and Bliss here we neglect to have our names enrolled in the Annals of Heaven.
  • Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprize, every expanded prospect.
  • It is impossible for the man of pious reflection not to perceive in it the finger of that Almighty Hand which has been so frequently and signally extended to our relief in the critical stages of the Revolution.
  • Would it not be as well to liberate and make soldiers at once of the blacks themselves, as to make them instruments for enlisting white soldiers? It would certainly be more consonant to the principles of liberty which ought never to be lost sight of in a contest for liberty...
  • Another of my wishes is to depend as little as possible on the labor of slaves.
  • In order to judge of the form to be given to this institution, it will be proper to take a view of the ends to be served by it. These were, — first, to protect the people against their rulers, secondly, to protect the people against the transient impressions into which they themselves might be led.

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