...necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty is this: You must first enable the government to control...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....

...necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty is this: You must first enable the government to control...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...

...Madison in The Federalist, No. 51: "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 controul the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to controul itself. A dependence on the people...

...informed Madison's remark that "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 controul the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to controul itself." 15 The natural rights...

...for the common defense." As Madison himself said, the first task in designing a constitution is to "enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place to oblige it to control itself" (The Federalist No. 51). It is also an elementary point of all statecraft...

...framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: it must first enable the government to control the governed and in the second place oblige it to com re I itself." A second chamber affords protection against the tyranny...

...government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first...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...

...government would be necessary. ... In framing a government, which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: You must first...and in the next place oblige it to control itself. A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has...

...government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: You must first...and in the next place oblige it to control itself." — James Madison, The Federalist Papers CLEARLY THE CONSTITUTION was not "silent" about race, nor...

...government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administrating by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first...and in the next place oblige it to control itself. A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has...