Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 1932 |
| AUTHOR: | James Madison (1751–1836) |
| QUOTATION: | War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason; and if any thing is to be hoped, every thing ought to be tried. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | These words are inscribed in the Madison Memorial Hall, Library of Congress James Madison Memorial Building. |
| SUBJECTS: | War |