 | Will Morrisey - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 294 pages
...men," not by angels over men or angels over angels, "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." As Aristotle puts it, government and people must control one another, in effect governing each other... | |
 | Bob Gingrich - History - 2006 - 262 pages
...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," Madison wrote. In other words, government must be powerful, but not too powerful. Power must be divided... | |
 | Bob Gingrich - History - 2006 - 261 pages
...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," Madison wrote. In other words, government must be powerful, but not too powerful. Power must be divided... | |
 | David Saxe - History - 2006 - 223 pages
...administered by men over men," Madison contends, "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." Trusting the people to guard their liberties was, of course, an absolute, but "experience has taught... | |
 | John P. Kaminski - Constitutional history - 2006 - 118 pages
...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." Seemingly the Articles of Confederation and many of the state constitutions did neither. All agreed... | |
 | Georges/Sembe Bakaly - 2006 - 298 pages
...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" James Madison This quote from Madison is at the core of state-building and the "open society"50 debate.... | |
 | Donald A. Ritchie - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2006 - 271 pages
...government which is to be 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 itself." SEE ALSO Bicameral; Constitution; Separation of powers FURTHER READING Ritchie, Donald A. The US Constitution.... | |
 | John S. Dryzek, Bonnie Honig, Anne Phillips - History - 2006 - 916 pages
...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" (Hamilton, Jay, and Madison 2000, no. 51). Since Hamilton's time, the powers of the state have grown... | |
 | Samuel P. Huntington - Political Science - 2006 - 516 pages
...men," Madison warned in The Federalist, No. 51, "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 many modernizing countries governments are still unable to perform the first function, much less... | |
 | Christopher Wolfe - Political Science - 2006 - 252 pages
...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." The former aim is as important as the latter one, because government has the essential function of... | |
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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... 
