“We are teaching the world the great truth that governments do better without kings and nobles than with them.”

James Madison

We are teaching the world the great truth that governments do better without kings and nobles than with them. The merit will be doubled by the other lesson that religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of government.


Year: 1822
Context: Letter to Edward Livingston
Shortlink: http://fq1.us/488

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