if not unnervingly relevant warning for our era issued by James Madison: “a popular Government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or perhaps both.” Indeed, “without commonly agreed-upon facts,” Kakutani posits, “not ...
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James Madison wrote in Federalist 14 that “America united with a handful of troops, or without a single soldier, exhibits a more forbidding posture to foreign ambition than America disunited, with a hundred thousand veterans ready for combat.” We do not need to militarize our response to pro...
The fourth U.S. president, James Madison believed in a robust yet balanced federal government and is known as the "Father of the Constitution."
There were only few studies about US Constitution and Madisons role in convincing US founding fathers to ratify the Constitution. How his ideas helped the US to have the new established government through the shaping of Constitution. This is what this research is conducted for.This research is ...
Madison, of course, lived in a time when America’s vast and powerful military-industrial complex didn’t exist. That Complex is now a fourth branch of government that the Founders didn’t anticipate. But what if the Complex either didn’t exist or could be reined in, and what if “orig...
William James is not generally considered a political theorist. The main reason is that he was not one. His habitual wariness of systematics and frequent disgust at the bluster, gamesmanship, and corruption of many who aspired and rose to public office m
In May 1787, delegates from each state came together at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, and Madison was able to present his ideas for an effective government system in his “Virginia Plan,” which detailed a government with three branches: legislative, executive and judicial. This pl...
Elected to the Continental Congress in 1780, Madison became one of the leaders of the so-called nationalist group, which saw fulfillment of the Revolution possible only under a strong central government. He thus supported the French alliance and worked persistently to strengthen the powers of Congre...
Explore James Madison's presidency from his election to post-presidential legacy. Delve into his key policies, the War of 1812, and the challenges he faced in shaping a young nation.