So true...so true!

If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.
          - James Madison

The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.
          - James Madison

The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.
          - James Madison

We are right to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties.
          - James Madison

Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done
          - James Madison

I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.
          - James Madison

He said these things almost 200 years ago. How short our memories have become!