Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “Government is instituted to protect property of every sort; as well that which lies in the various rights of individuals, as that which the term particularly expresses. This being the end of government, that alone is a just government which impartially secures to every man whatever is his own.” ~ James Madison (1751-1836), Father of the Constitution for the USA, 4th US PresidentSource: Essay on Property, March 29, 1792