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James Madison was the fourth president of the United States . He is known as the Father of the Constitution for his role in the Constitutional Convention of 1787. He also led the country through the War of 1812 .
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133 quotes from James Madison: 'The means of defence agst. foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at home.', 'The advancement of science and the diffusion of information [is] the best aliment to true liberty.', and 'The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe in blood for centuries.
James Madison. Liberty may be endangered by the abuses of liberty as well as by the abuses of power. Power. James Madison. All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree. Power. James Madison. As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights.
James Madison (1751-1836) was a member of the Virginia legislature in 1776-80 and 1784-86, of the Continental Congress in 1780-83, and of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, where he earned the title “father of the U. S. Constitution.”
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James Madison was born on March 16, 1751, as a British subject in the colony of Virginia. When Madison was 18 years old, he left his family’s plantation to study at what is now Princeton University in New Jersey. After he graduated from college, he became involved in the colonies’ bid for independence from Great Britain.
