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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... "
The Federalist: On the New Constitution - Page 269
by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - 1817 - 477 pages
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ..., Volume 451

United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - 1982 - 1050 pages
...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." The Federalist Papers 322 (1961). (Emphasis supplied.) I believe we have in our judicial decisions...
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The Federalist, on the New Constitution, Written in the Year 1788, by Mr ...

James Madison, John Jay - 1818 - 882 pages
...controls on government would be necessary, framing a government which is to he administered men over men, the great difficulty lies in this : you must first...primary control on the government ; but experience urns taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions) This policy of supplying, by opposite and...
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New Views of the Constitution of the United States

John Taylor - 1823 - 332 pages
...cases, be made commensurate to the danger of attack. " Ambition must be made to counteract ambition." " This policy of supplying, by opposite and rival interests,...better motives, might be traced through the whole u system of human affairs." " There are two considerations particularly applicable to the "federal...
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Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising the Leading ..., Volume 9; Volume 56

United States. Congress - 1838 - 684 pages
...Government, which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you mustfirst enable the Government to control the governed; and,...experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precaution." After reasoning upon the. subject of these auxiliary Erecautions generally, the celebrated...
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Register of Debates in Congress: 22nd Congress, 2nd session, pt. 1. Dec. 3 ...

United States. Congress - 1833 - 684 pages
...encroachments from the others." "In framing a Government, which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first...the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the Governanother occasion, been shown that the Federal Legislature will not only be restrained by its...
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Register of Debates in Congress

John Hohnes - 1833 - 682 pages
...Government, which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you mustfirst enable the Government to control the governed; and,...the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the Governanother occasion, been shown that the Federal Legislature will not only be restrained by its...
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The Federalist: On the New Constitution, Written in the Year 1788

Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - 1837 - 516 pages
...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...might be traced through the whole system of human affairs, private as well as public. We see it particularly displayed in all the subordinate distributions...
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A Course of Lectures on the Constitutional Jurisprudence of the United ...

William Alexander Duer - 1843 - 436 pages
...necessary constitutional means and personal motives to resist encroachments from the others. A dependance on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience had shown the framers of our Constitution the necessity of auxiliary precautions; and the remedy they...
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A Course of Lectures on the Constitutional Jurisprudence of the United ...

William Alexander Duer - 1845 - 436 pages
...department the necessary constitutional means and personal motives to resist encroachments from the others. A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government ; but experience had shown the framers of our Constitution the necessity of auxiliary precautions ; and the remedy they...
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The Family Library (Harper)., Volume 160

1845 - 436 pages
...necessary constitutional means and personal motives to resist encroachments from the others. A dependance on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience had shown the framers of our Constitution the necessity of auxiliary precautions; and the remedy they...
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