Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 782 |
| AUTHOR: | James Madison (1751–1836) |
| QUOTATION: | The safety and happiness of society are the objects at which all political institutions aim, and to which all such institutions must be sacrificed. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | These words are inscribed in the Madison Memorial Hall, Library of Congress James Madison Memorial Building. |
| SUBJECTS: | Government—purpose of |