Author: James Madison
Brief Info: American statesman, diplomat, expansionist, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the fourth president of the United States
Years Lived: 1751-1836
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Quotations
Frivolous and fanciful distinctions
So strong is this propensity of mankind to fall into mutual animosities, that where no substantial occasion presents itself, the most frivolous and fanciful distinctions have been sufficient to kindle their unfriendly passions and excite their most violent conflicts.
From the paper “The Federalist no. 10”
— 1787