James Madison Quotes
Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm.
Madison, James. "Federalist No. 10." The Federalist, edited by Jacob E. Cooke, Wesleyan University Press, 1961, p. 60.
General Arthur MacArthur and the Army Taft was the Governor General of the Philippines who was taking over from General Arthur MacArthur and the Army who were very unpopular. See {639174} and {639173}.
He made this statement to his party colleagues and they pleaded with him not to issue it as a public statement and he agreed.
Italy had a parliamentary system with a number of parties. The result was that almost all governments had to be coalitions in order to have a majority. However, the smaller members of the ruling coalition would often insist upon certain laws to be passed, and if they were not, they would withdraw from the coalition and cause the government to fall. Few Italian governments lasted even 2 years. Renzi advocated a referendum to change the Constitution to make governments more stable.
Commenting on the fact that China was eliminating it's Constitutional requirement that government leadership had to change every 10 years.
James Madison Jr. was an American statesman, diplomat, expansionist, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817. He is hailed as the "Father of the Constitution" for his pivotal role in drafting and promoting the Constitution of the United States and the United States Bill of Rights. He co-wrote The Federalist Papers, co-founded the Democratic-Republican Party, and served as the fifth United States Secretary of State from 1801 to 1809.
