| Robert A. FERGUSON, Robert A Ferguson - Literary Criticism - 2009 - 374 pages
...government would be necessary." Fortunately or unfortunately, there were no angels in human affairs. "In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men," strict design and meticulous controls were the essential ingredients. A careful balance of "opposite... | |
| Stephen L. Elkin - Political Science - 2006 - 428 pages
...for the common defense." As Madison himself said, the first task in designing a constitution is to "enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place to oblige it to control itself" (The Federalist No. 51). It is also an elementary point of all statecraft... | |
| Anthony O'Hear - Philosophy - 2006 - 260 pages
...angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered...the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions.15 (320) As we... | |
| Annika Rechmann - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2007 - 192 pages
...den Gründungsvätern der USA durchaus intendiert. James Madison schreibt in den Federalist Papers: „In framing a government which is to be administered...the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions."254 Aufgrund... | |
| Vincent Ostrom - Political Science - 2008 - 320 pages
...sovereign powers; and everyone besides, his SUBJECT. ([1651] 1960, 1 12; Hobbes's emphasis) Madison: In framing a government which is to be administered...the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions. This policy of... | |
| Patrick M. Brennan - Law - 2007 - 258 pages
...Brutus and Madison concerns not the identity of this malady, then, but its remedy. Madison had written: In framing a government which is to be administered...the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions.2 What makes these... | |
| Eric H. Kessler, James R. Bailey - Business & Economics - 2007 - 657 pages
...Organizational Logic 47 As Madison observed, If men were angels, no government would be necessary. ... In framing a government, which is to be administered...the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions.10 Yet the Founders... | |
| Ian Shapiro, Sonu Bedi - History - 2007 - 296 pages
...neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is administered by men over men, the great difficulty...the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions. Here the government... | |
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