| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 37375 |
| QUOTATION: | Is a Bill of Rights a security for [religious liberty]? If there were but one sect in America, a Bill of Rights would be a small protection for liberty.... Freedom derives from a multiplicity of sects, which pervade America, and which is the best and only security for religious liberty in any society. For where there is such a variety of sects, there cannot be a majority of any one sect to oppress and persecute the rest. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | James Madison (1751–1836), U.S. president. W.T. Hutchinson et al., The Papers of James Madison, vol. 11, p. 130, Chicago and Charlottesville, Virginia (1962-1991). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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