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War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government which is to reap its fruits.
James Madison
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James Madison
Age: 85 †
Born: 1751
Born: March 16
Died: 1836
Died: June 28
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Having outlived so many of my contemporaries, I ought not to forget that I may be thought to have outlived myself.
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The future and success of America is not in this Constitution, but in the laws of God upon which this Constitution is founded.
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I wish not to be regarded as an advocate for the particular organizations of the several state governments . . . they carry strong marks of the haste, and still stronger marks of the inexperience, under which they were framed.
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The advice nearest to my heart and deepest in my convictions is that the Union of the States be cherished and perpetuated.
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