'We have staked the whole of all our political Institutions upon the capacity of mankind for Self-government, upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to The Ten Commandments of God.'

Source? I've never seen that 'quote' validated. It is fairly inconsistent with his writings.

Actually, this statement appears nowhere in the writings or recorded utterances of James Madison and is completely contradictory to his character as a strong proponent of the separation of church and state.

^^^

http://usbillofrights.org/founding.html 

:-k

Yes, wise man indeed- not the greatest lawyer in the world but wise man...

Not sure if serious.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/capital.asp 

Thank you! I will sleep better tonight. Glad that the good pastor is so thorough about citing references. Otherwise I might have dismissed some of his other 'work' like suggesting that Obama could become a suicide bomber or that the Koran is demented revelation from demons. I will bow out and bow down to the scholastic Pastor Swank. (One thing I did learn is that Mr. Conrad has a great mentor out there, if he isn't already familiar.)

Actually this quote is a mistranslation of the original text which read;

“…..to sustain ourselves with The Ten Condiments.”

joker's right... this is complete bs Surf. 🙂

dumb dumb dumb dumb (set to a melody)