Home
Raw History Motivation
Founding Era
Civil War Era
Classic Civilizations
Political Philosophy
Miscellaneous
General Interest

Subscribe

History Bites

Thomas Jefferson, 1823

August Glen-James

Dec 30, 2022

Sign up for more like this.

Enter your email

The Necessity of Virtue among the People as a Safeguard of Good Government. Thoughts by James Madison, Virginia Ratifying Convention, June 20, 1788.

Is there no virtue among us? If there be not, we are in a wretched situation.

Sep 9, 2025 2 min read

Suffrage and Majority Rule: Thoughts by James Madison, 1829.

The essence of government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.

Sep 9, 2025 2 min read

"A Candid State of Parties." Thoughts by James Madison, September 26, 1792.

It will be equally their true policy to weaken their opponents by reviving exploded parties, and taking advantage of all prejudices, local, political, and occupational, that may prevent or disturb a general coalition of sentiments.

May 12, 2025 3 min read

Raw History © 2025

Powered by Ghost