James Madison Quote

Security against foreign danger is one of the primitive objects of civil society. It is an avowed and essential object of the American Union.


The Federalist, on the New Constitution, Written in the Year 1788 (ed. 1842)


Security against foreign danger is one of the primitive objects of civil society. It is an avowed and essential object of the American Union.

Security against foreign danger is one of the primitive objects of civil society. It is an avowed and essential object of the American Union.

Security against foreign danger is one of the primitive objects of civil society. It is an avowed and essential object of the American Union.

Security against foreign danger is one of the primitive objects of civil society. It is an avowed and essential object of the American Union.