Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 738 |
| AUTHOR: | James Madison (1751–1836) |
| QUOTATION: | The free system of government we have established is so congenial with reason, with common sense, and with a universal feeling, that it must produce approbation and a desire of imitation, as avenues may be found for truth to the knowledge of nations. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | These words are inscribed in the Madison Memorial Hall, Library of Congress James Madison Memorial Building. |
| SUBJECTS: | Government |