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" In the compound Republic of America, the power surrendered by the people is first divided between two distinct governments, and then the portion allotted to each subdivided among distinct and separate departments. Hence a double security arises to the... "
Register of Debates in Congress - Page 297
by John Hohnes - 1833
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Reconstructing the Commercial Republic: Constitutional Design after Madison

Stephen L. Elkin - Political Science - 2006 - 428 pages
...exercised." 22 Madison thus brought together the two lines of thought about how to protect liberty: "It is of great importance in a republic not only to guard the society against the oppression of its rulers, but to guard one part of the society against the...
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Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

Paul Spicker - Political Science - 2006 - 214 pages
...on different issues, and the nature of majority changes as coalitions of interest change. He wrote: It is of great importance in a republic not only to guard the society against the oppression of its rulers, but to guard one part of the society against the...
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Analyse der Bundesstaatsidee in den "Federalist Papers" und in den Werken ...

Markus Andreas Mayer - 2007 - 185 pages
...is first divided between two distinct governments, and then the portion allotted to each subdivided among distinct and separate departments. Hence a double...other, at the same time that each will be controlled by itself."725 Es liegt also nicht nur eine horizontale Gewaltenteilung zwischen Legislative, Exekutive...
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America's Survival Guide

Michael Warren - History - 2007 - 235 pages
...is first divided between two distinct governments, and then the portion allotted to each subdivided among distinct and separate departments. Hence a double...other, at the same time that each will be controlled by itself.229 Jefferson even went so far as to write that federalism is the best guarantor of liberty:...
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Classics of American Political and Constitutional Thought

Scott J. Hammond, Kevin R. Hardwick, Howard Leslie Lubert - History - 2007 - 1236 pages
...is first divided between two distinct governments, and then the portion allotted to each, subdivided , controul each other; at the same time that each will be controuled by itself. Second. It is of great...
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Leviathan on the Right: How Big-government Conservatism Brought Down the ...

Michael Tanner - Political Science - 2007 - 339 pages
...are numerous and indefinite."2 Madison further noted that federalism provides "a double security ... to the rights of the people. The different governments will control each other; at the same time they each will be controlled by itself."3 Or in Thomas Jefferson's words, the states are "the most...
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The Intermarium: Wilson, Madison, & East Central European Federalism

Jonathan Levy - History - 2007 - 474 pages
...is first divided between two distinct governments, and then the portion allotted to each subdivided among distinct and separate departments. Hence a double security arises to the rights of the people.1049 The Intermarium Draft Treaty assiduously followed Madison's plan with Executive, Legislative...
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Tulsa-Greenwood Race Riot Claims Accountability Act of 2007 ..., Volume 4

United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties - History - 2007 - 152 pages
...looking forward to their testimony as well. Mr. Chairman, in "Federalist 51", James Madison wrote, "It is of great importance in a republic not only to guard the society against the oppression of its rulers, but also to guard one part of the society against...
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Theoretical Foundation of an European Federation

Heiko Bubholz - 2007 - 144 pages
...people is first divided between distinct governments, and then the portion allotted to each subdivided among distinct and separate departments. Hence, a double security arises to the right of the people. The different governments will control each other, at the same time that each...
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American Government: Balancing Democracy and Rights

Marc Karnis Landy, Sidney M. Milkis - History - 2008 - 41 pages
...is first divided between two distinct governments, and then the portion allotted to each subdivided among distinct and separate departments. Hence a double...same time that each will be controlled by itself. Second. It is of great importance in a republic not only to guard the society against the oppression...
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