Bad Quote?
“We have staked the future of all of our political institutions … upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves, according to the Ten Commandments of God.”
James Madison: 1778 to the General Assembly of the State of Virginia
Apparently, an Urban legend. I got wind yesterday after I posted that this citation was never made by James Madison. I'll only say at this point that there is no evidence I've been able to find to support it. This paragraph has been quoted throughout the internet, mostly on Christian and Conservative websites, but none have quoted anymore from this speech. The speech itself, I can find no transscript of. Most of those that claim it is not from James Madison say so because it is not in the Federal Papers, which is no argument, as the quote allegedly comes from an address on the assembly of the state of Virginia.
James Madison: 1778 to the General Assembly of the State of Virginia
Apparently, an Urban legend. I got wind yesterday after I posted that this citation was never made by James Madison. I'll only say at this point that there is no evidence I've been able to find to support it. This paragraph has been quoted throughout the internet, mostly on Christian and Conservative websites, but none have quoted anymore from this speech. The speech itself, I can find no transscript of. Most of those that claim it is not from James Madison say so because it is not in the Federal Papers, which is no argument, as the quote allegedly comes from an address on the assembly of the state of Virginia.
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