James Madison Quote

You give me a credit to which I have no claim in calling me "the writer of the Constitution of the United States." This was not, like the fabled Goddess of Wisdom, the offspring of a single brain. It ought to be regarded as the work of many heads and many hands.


1829-1836 (ed. 1867)


You give me a credit to which I have no claim in calling me the writer of the Constitution of the United States. This was not, like the fabled...

You give me a credit to which I have no claim in calling me the writer of the Constitution of the United States. This was not, like the fabled...

You give me a credit to which I have no claim in calling me the writer of the Constitution of the United States. This was not, like the fabled...

You give me a credit to which I have no claim in calling me the writer of the Constitution of the United States. This was not, like the fabled...