Good morning. It truly is a thrill to welcome all of you, our entering students, and your family members to campus for our Yale College Opening Assembly. Today is the official start of your undergraduate education at Yale, and on behalf of all my colleagues here on stage with me, we are...
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...
Congress James Madison concerning the U.S. Constitution and the powers of the U.S. federal government, identified by the author as the Madison problem. It examines Madison's views on states' rights, his commitment to civil liberties and individual rights, and the legitimacy of the U.S. ...
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.
Did James Madison own slaves? What are some interesting facts about James Madison? What was James Madison's role in the government? Was Calvin Coolidge a Republican? Was James K. Polk a Democrat? What kind of president was James Madison?
Who succeeded James Madison as president? How did James Madison influence the Constitution? What were the major accomplishments of James Madison? What did James Madison write? What was James Madison's role in the government? What did James Madison do for a living?
Video: Thomas Jefferson's Contradictory Views on Slavery Video: The Vice Presidency of Thomas Jefferson Video: Role of Thomas Jefferson in American Architecture & Politics Video: Jeffersonianism Video: George Washington and the New United States Government Video: James Madison & Thomas Jefferson...
Madison’s letters are filled with pronouncements about the evils of slavery—he called slavery “a sad blot on our free country” and America’s “original sin”—but these are empty words from someone who claimed to own more than 100 men, women, and children. The government could theoretic...
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
—James Madison Topics:Government It is sufficiently obvious, that persons and property are the two great subjects on which Governments are to act; and that the rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted. These rights ...