James Madison
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born
March 16, 1751
died
June 28, 1836
gender
male
place of birth
Port Conway, Virginia, The United States
genre
Nonfiction
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James Madison, Jr. was an American politician and the fourth President of the United States (1809–1817), and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Madison was the last founding father to die. Considered to be the "Father of the Constitution", he was the principal author of the document. In 1788, he wrote over a third of the Federalist Papers, still the most influential commentary on the Constitution. As a leader in the first Congresses, he drafted many basic laws and was responsible for the first ten amendments to the Constitution (said to be based on the Virginia Declaration of Rights), and thus is also known as the "Father of the Bill of Rights". As a political theorist, Madison's most distinctive belief ...more
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"If tyranny and oppression come to this land it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy."
— James Madison
— James Madison
"The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty."
— James Madison
— James Madison
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