- “There are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.”
James Madison – speech to the Virginia Ratifying Convention, June 16, 1788
Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. – James 4:14
James Madison – speech to the Virginia Ratifying Convention, June 16, 1788