...angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered...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...

...angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered...and in the next place oblige it to control itself. James Madison, federalist Paper No.511 Long before and ever since James Madison penned these immortal...

...because of his dedication to individual freedom, always had an anti-Federalist side to his thinking. "In framing a government which is to be administered...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...

...modern rule of law as constitutionalism — that is, as limited government — when it argues that, "[i]n framing a government which is to be administered...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,...

...at least part of the Republic. We can, if we so choose, build on it. 76 CHAPTER V Divided We Stand "In framing a government which is to be administered...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....

...angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered...and in the next place oblige it to control itself. The text of the Constitution provided a set of initial conditions that attempted to connect the interests...

...necessary. If angels were to govern men, no external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered...governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.7 The familiar aspect of this proposition involves deploying human nature, especially the vice...

...to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In forming a government which is to be administered by men over...and in the next place oblige it to control itself. James Madison, The Federalist No. 51, The Federalist Papers p. 160 In Chapter 3, we examined the question...

...if it ran counter to these purposes.14 A distrust of political power informed Madison's remark that "in framing a government which is to be administered...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...

...that was crystalline to so astute a student of government as James Madison in The Federalist, No. 51: "In framing a government which is to be administered...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...