- “We’ve staked our future on our ability to follow the Ten Commandments with all of our heart.”
James Madison – Speech at the Constitutional Convention, June 6, 1787
James Madison – Speech at the Constitutional Convention, June 6, 1787
“The whole of the Bill [of Rights] is a declaration of the right of the people at large or considered as individuals […]
“And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the […]
“He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he […]
“That no free government, or the blessing of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, […]
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Madison, if not my favorite president, will always be my favorite delagate to that particular Convention.