Western Culture Global Presents The Top 100 Heroes of Western Culture These individuals have most contributed to replacing ignorance with knowledge, savagery with civilization, disease with health, tyranny with liberty, poverty with abundance, and despair with happiness. #25: James Madison (1751-1836) James Madison (1751-1836) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and the nation’s 4th president. Madison was a chief architect of U.S. Constitution as well the the U.S. Bill of Rights. He also played a crucial role in getting both ratified, an astounding feat in itself given the radical nature of the documents. His key contribution was in understanding and appreciating the importance of having checks and balances to ensure continued liberty and stability of the government. Further, Madison helped to defeat the Alien and Sedition Acts in the US, effectively saving American free speech. The US Constitution is the most advanced and progressive political document in history because its purpose and function is to limit government to its one proper and morally defensible role: to protect individual rights. Without Madison, the creation and ratification of this globally influential document would likely not have occurred, resulting in a world with dramatically less liberty. Go to #26: Francis Bacon Top 100 Western Culture Heroes — Home Top 100 Western Culture Heroes — by Numerical Order Top 100 Western Culture Heroes — by Century Top 100 Western Culture Heroes — by Category
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