Portrayed by the same actor as Mulligan, Madison is depicted as being wonky and uncharismatic, though he is able to get incredible amounts of work done via his collaboration with the more charismatic Thomas Jefferson (“What’d I Miss?”). As a slaveholding Virginian, Madison is deeply opposed to Hamilton’s more industry-centric financial plan. Both Mulligan/Madison and Lafayette/Jefferson illustrate the same dramatic trick: the characters who are Hamilton’s friends in the first act become his enemies in the second, isolating the titular character onstage just as he was isolated in reality.
Madison Quotes in Hamilton
The Hamilton quotes below are all either spoken by Madison or refer to Madison. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Act 2: The Room Where it Happens
Quotes
HAMILTON, JEFFERSON, MADISON, WASHINGTON: What do you want, Burr?
What do you want, Burr?
If you stand for nothing,
Burr, what do you fall for?
BURR: I
Wanna be in
The room where it happens.
The room where it happens.
I
Wanna be in
The room where it happens.
The room where it happens.
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Madison Quotes in Hamilton
The Hamilton quotes below are all either spoken by Madison or refer to Madison. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Act 2: The Room Where it Happens
Quotes
HAMILTON, JEFFERSON, MADISON, WASHINGTON: What do you want, Burr?
What do you want, Burr?
If you stand for nothing,
Burr, what do you fall for?
BURR: I
Wanna be in
The room where it happens.
The room where it happens.
I
Wanna be in
The room where it happens.
The room where it happens.
Related Characters:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
