| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. |
| NUMBER: | 335 |
| AUTHOR: | James Madison (1751–1836) |
| QUOTATION: | The danger of disturbing the public tranquillity by interesting too strongly the public passions, is a still more serious objection against a frequent reference of constitutional questions to the decision of the whole society. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | JAMES MADISON, The Federalist, ed. Benjamin F. Wright, no. 49, p. 349 (1961). |
| SUBJECTS: | Constitution of the United States |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia |
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