 | Georges/Sembe Bakaly - 2006 - 298 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" James Madison This quote from Madison is at the core of state-building and the "open society"50 debate.... | |
 | Anthony M. Bertelli, Laurence E. Lynn (jr.) - 2006 - 248 pages
...place, oblige it to controul itself. A dependence on the people is no doubt the primary controul on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions." MECHANISM DESIGN AND THE MIRACLE AT PHILADELPHIA For Madison, voting mechanisms seemed insufficient... | |
 | John P. Kaminski - 2006 - 118 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." Seemingly the Articles of Confederation and many of the state constitutions did neither. All agreed... | |
 | Christopher Wolfe - 2006 - 252 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." The former aim is as important as the latter one, because government has the essential function of... | |
 | Thomas E. Mann, Norman J. Ornstein - 2006 - 289 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. The key was building governmental institutions that channeled the ambitions of elected officials to... | |
 | Bob Gingrich - 2006 - 261 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," Madison wrote. In other words, government must be powerful, but not too powerful. Power must be divided... | |
 | John S. Dryzek, Bonnie Honig, Anne Phillips - 2006 - 916 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" (Rossiter 1961, 322). America's written constitution of 1789 as finally ratified and later amended,... | |
 | Sylvan D. Ambrose - 2006 - 330 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." James Madison, The Federalist No. 5 1 . THE POSSIBLE PARAMETERS OF HEALING From the personal to the... | |
 | Donald A. Ritchie - 2006 - 271 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 itself." SEE ALSO Bicameral; Constitution; Separation of powers FURTHER READING Ritchie, Donald A. The US Constitution.... | |
 | Michael W. Doyle, Nicholas Sambanis - 2006 - 426 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 itself. — James Madison, Federalist no. 51, February 6, 1788 MAKING A SUSTAINABLE PEACE is not unlike making... | |
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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. 
