James Madison Quote

There is an evil which ought to be guarded against in the indefinite accumulation of property from the capacity of holding it in perpetuity by...corporations. The power of all corporations ought to be limited in this respect. The growing wealth acquired by them never fails to be a source of abuses.


James Madison's "Advice to My Country" (ed. University of Virginia Press, 1997) - ISBN: 9780813917177


There is an evil which ought to be guarded against in the indefinite accumulation of property from the capacity of holding it in perpetuity...

There is an evil which ought to be guarded against in the indefinite accumulation of property from the capacity of holding it in perpetuity...

There is an evil which ought to be guarded against in the indefinite accumulation of property from the capacity of holding it in perpetuity...

There is an evil which ought to be guarded against in the indefinite accumulation of property from the capacity of holding it in perpetuity...