 | Political science - 1907 - 808 pages
...by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this, you must first enable the government to control the governed, and in the next place, oblige it to control itself." In nothing is this more needful than in matters of taxation, on account of the temptation to impose... | |
 | Allen Johnson - Constitutional history - 1912 - 614 pages
...by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed ; and in the next place oblige it to...dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government ; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions. This... | |
 | Lucilius Alonzo Emery - Courts - 1914 - 188 pages
...oppress us or any of us. As said by Alexander Hamilton, we "must first enable the government to control the governed, and in the next place oblige it to control itself." One great step toward such a form of government was made in the establishment of our federal and state... | |
 | Geoffrey Parsons - United States - 1920 - 262 pages
...by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself." By July, 1788, the Constitution had been ratified by nine States and therefore, under its terms (Art.... | |
 | Thames Williamson - Social history - 1922 - 572 pages
...by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. . . . This policy of supplying, by opposite and rival interests, the Universal defect of better motives,... | |
 | ARTHUR N. HOLCOMBE - 1923 - 536 pages
...The Federalist, "the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself." In order to enable the government to control the governed, it is necessary first to understand the... | |
 | Charles Warren - Constitutional history - 1925 - 328 pages
...by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: You must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to...dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government ; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precaution." 2 A Bill... | |
 | James Francis Lawson - Constitutional history - 1926 - 408 pages
...administered by men over men, the great difficulty is this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control...dependence on the people is, no doubt the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions. . . .... | |
 | Lindsay Rogers - United States - 1926 - 310 pages
...by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. A dependence on the people is no doubt a primary control on the government ; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary... | |
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In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this; you must first enable the government to control the governed ; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. 
