Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government. Auteur: James Madison Copy Quote More from James Madison “You must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next p…” “Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded, b…” “The means of defence against foreign danger have been always the instruments of…” “It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their…”