 | James W. Ceaser - Political Science - 1979 - 392 pages
...would not go unchecked. The two chief objectives of any sound constitution, according to Madison, were "first to obtain for rulers men who possess most wisdom...discern, and most virtue to pursue, the common good of society; and in the next place to take the most effective precautions for keeping them virtuous whilst... | |
 | Herbert J. Storing - Law - 2008 - 121 pages
...men. Consistently with this view that, as Publius said, the first aim of every constitution should be "to obtain for rulers men who possess most wisdom...virtue to pursue, the common good of the society," the Federalists saw the duty of representatives as extending beyond the particular interests of their... | |
 | Stephen Miller - Political Science - 1983 - 176 pages
...resulting from the general reason of the whole."17 Publius said much the same thing in Federalist 57: "The aim of every political constitution is or ought...virtue to pursue, the common good of the society. . . ."18 Yet, many writers continue to single out Federalists 10 and 51 to suggest that Madison —... | |
 | Library of Congress - Acquisitions (Libraries) - 1980 - 538 pages
...factiously, Madison began with the need for good rulers. "The aim of every political constitution," he wrote, "is or ought to be first to obtain for rulers, men...discern, and most virtue to pursue the common good of society; and in the next place, to take the most effectual precautions for keeping them virtuous; whilst... | |
 | David F. Epstein - Political Science - 2008 - 245 pages
...Chapter Seven 1. Locke, Second Treatise, chapter 8, sections 95-96 (p. 375). 2. See Federalist 57: "The aim of every political constitution is, or ought...most virtue to pursue, the common good of the society . . ." (p. 350, emphasis added). 3. I adopt this word from Federalist 73 (p. 443), where Hamilton speaks... | |
 | Alfred C. Aman, Alfred C. Aman (Jr.) - History - 1992 - 236 pages
...crested by the Constitution, with their fixed and fairly lengthy terms, would appeal to able men, those who 'possess most wisdom to discern, and most virtue to pursue the common good of the society.'" (SE Rhoads, citing Federalist Papers, nos. 9, io, 57, in The Economist's View of the World (New York,... | |
 | John P. Diggins - History - 1986 - 430 pages
...voters will choose representatives responsive only to their own interests. In no. 57, he states that "the aim of every political constitution is, or ought...discern, and most virtue to pursue, the common good of society; and in the next place, to take the most effectual precautions for keeping them virtuous while... | |
 | John P. Diggins - History - 1986 - 430 pages
...obtain for rulers men who possess most wisdom to discern, and most virtue to pursue, the common good of society; and in the next place, to take the most effectual precautions for keeping them virtuous while they continue to hold the public trust"; and in no. 63, he explains why those same rulers are... | |
 | Ralph Ketcham - History - 1987 - 294 pages
...57, Madison began with the need for good rulers. "The aim of every political constitution," he wrote, "is or ought to be first to obtain for rulers, men...discern, and most virtue to pursue the common good of society; and in the next place, to take the most effectual precautions for keeping them virtuous; whilst... | |
 | Thomas L. Pangle - Philosophy - 1990 - 344 pages
...leaders and more to an institutional system that pits the leaders' selfish passions against each other: The aim of every political constitution is, or ought...virtuous whilst they continue to hold their public trust. (57:350) Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. The interest of the man must be connected... | |
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The aim of every political constitution is, or ought to be, first to obtain for rulers men who possess most wisdom to discern, and most virtue to pursue, the common good of the society ; and in the next place, to take the most effectual precautions for... 
