#10. “I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.” James Madison
Madison’s address to the Virginia convention on June 16th, 1788, showed his understanding of how those who wished to destroy liberty would do so gradually, rather than in one fell sweep. Indeed, the cause of the Fabian Socialists is to introduce socialism gradually, until nothing is left of human freedom.