 | Paul Gregersen, Edmund A. Cook - 2007 - 326 pages
...Babylon and knew the only sword that would subdue him. "You must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself." George Washington often quipped like John, reflecting John the Revelator's great red dragon. "Government... | |
 | Ellen Carnaghan - 2010 - 346 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." 24 According to Madison, that control would be accomplished by institutional checks, not by exhorting... | |
 | Victoria A. Farrar-Myers - 2007 - 304 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") 2. See note 58 in chapter 1. 3. For a historical, economic approach that explores the origins of policy,... | |
 | Donald C. Menzel - 244 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 (Federalist Paper #51). This chapter examines this history and its implication for ethical governance.... | |
 | Neal P. McCluskey - 2007 - 226 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." 31 Of course, the devil is in the details and during the four months in which the Founders deliberated... | |
 | Scott J. Kester - 2008 - 146 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...dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions.26 And... | |
 | Arthur M. Melzer, Robert P. Kraynak - 2008 - 240 pages
...Federalist 51, "the greatest difficulty lies in 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 government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions." What he proposed... | |
 | Marc Karnis Landy, Sidney M. Milkis - 2008 - 41 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 Anti-Federalists' Defense of the Small Republic The Anti-Federalists feared that the "new science... | |
 | Laura K. Donohue - 2008 - 512 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, Federalist No. 51 The big question now is, What have we gained in terms of national... | |
 | Robert C. Byrd, Steve Kettmann - 2008 - 216 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." As a man of faith, I have always seen my God as a figure for good. One cannot behold God and His magnificence... | |
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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. 
