James Madison... Fed. #55
by Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA No doubt the progressives amongst us wold have a problem with the following. Just as they often have a problem with any rational thought.. Such is life. "Were the pictures which have been drawn by the political jealousy of some among us faithful likenesses of the human character, the inference would be, that there is not sufficient virture among men for self-government; and that nothing less than the chains of despotism can restrain them from destroying and devouring one another." James Madison, Federalist No. 55, 1788