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" If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies... "
Register of Debates in Congress: 22nd Congress, 2nd session, pt. 1. Dec. 3 ... - Page 297
by United States. Congress - 1833
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Reading the Early Republic

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...
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Reconstructing the Commercial Republic: Constitutional Design after Madison

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...
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Equal Access to Justice Reform Act of 2005: Hearing Before the ..., Volume 4

United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property - Law - 2006 - 132 pages
...Madison wrote in the Federalist Numher 51: "In framing a government which is to he administered hy men over men, the great difficulty lies in this, — you must first enahle the government to control the governed; and in the next place ohlige it to control itself. Today,...
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Political Philosophy

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...
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Von Kriegsverächtern und Kriegsverfechtern: Die Berichterstattung über den ...

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...
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The Political Theory of a Compound Republic: Designing the American Experiment

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...
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Containment: Rebuilding a Strategy Against Global Terror

Ian Shapiro, Sterling Professor of Political Science and Henry R Luce Director of the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies Ian Shapiro - National security - 2007 - 216 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 ."Alexander Hamilton,...
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Civilizing Authority: Society, State, and Church

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...
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Handbook of Organizational and Managerial Wisdom

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...
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Political Contingency: Studying the Unexpected, the Accidental, and the ...

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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