"A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce, or a tragedy, or perhaps both."
― James Madison
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Government
― James Madison
More From James Madison
- "What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary."
- "All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree."
- "The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money."
More In Government
- "For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery."― Jonathan Swift
- "I do not intend to dispute in any way the need for defence cuts and the need for government spending cuts in general. I do not share a not in my backyard approach to government spending reductions."― Stephen Harper
- "Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it."― Mark Twain