...direction of authprity should not be The Legislature 503 concentrated at one place. To quote Madisorl^'In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: it must first enable the government to control the governed and in the second place oblige it to com...

...passions of the people in place (49:332). "If men were angels," cautioned the ever-practical Publius, or "if angels were to govern men, neither external nor...internal controls on government would be necessary." Fortunately or unfortunately, there were no angels in human affairs. "In framing a government which...

...government that really does secure natural rights — by "reflection and choice," not "accident and force"? "In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men," not by angels over men or angels over angels, "the great difficulty lies in this: You must first enable...

...not happen at the hands of a powerful central government. 6 AMERICAN DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL PARTIES In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, . . . you must first enable the government to control the governed and, . . . next . . . oblige it...

...disruptive and often reactionary social forces and to tear down the structure of public authority. "In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men," Madison warned in The Federalist, No. 51, "the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable...

...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,...

...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...

...balances. This continuity of thought is particularly evident in the famous passage of Federalist No. 51: If men were angels, no government would be necessary....and in the next place oblige it to control itself. A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has...

...Else," http://quotes.prolix.nu/War/ [6/15/06]. 5. "Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. . . If men were angels, no government would be necessary....and in the next place oblige it to control itself. A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has...

...baser instincts of men could not undermine them. As Madison famously observed in Federalist Paper 51: "If men were angels, no government would be necessary....and in the next place oblige it to control itself." 24 According to Madison, that control would be accomplished by institutional checks, not by exhorting...