James Madison Quote

It has been said that America is a country for the poor, not for the rich. There would be more correctness in saying it is the country for both, where the latter have a relish for free government; but, proportionally, more for the former than for the latter.


Letter to F. Corbin (1820)


It has been said that America is a country for the poor, not for the rich. There would be more correctness in saying it is the country for both,...

It has been said that America is a country for the poor, not for the rich. There would be more correctness in saying it is the country for both,...

It has been said that America is a country for the poor, not for the rich. There would be more correctness in saying it is the country for both,...

It has been said that America is a country for the poor, not for the rich. There would be more correctness in saying it is the country for both,...