...government — when it argues that, "[i]n 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" (Rossiter 1961, 322). America's written constitution of 1789 as finally ratified and later amended,...

...government which is to be administered by men over men," not by angels over men or angels over angels, "the great difficulty lies in this: You must first...and in the next place, oblige it to control itself." As Aristotle puts it, government and people must control one another, in effect governing each other...

...government which is to be administered by men over men," Madison warned in The Federalist, No. 51, "the great difficulty lies in this: you must first...and in the next place oblige it to control itself." In many modernizing countries governments are still unable to perform the first function, much less...

...anti-Federalist side to his thinking. "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," Madison wrote. In other words, government must be powerful, but not too powerful. Power must be divided...

...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 text of the Constitution provided a set of initial conditions that attempted to connect the interests...

...76 CHAPTER V Divided We Stand "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 This quote from Madison is at the core of state-building and the "open society"50 debate....

...Madison continued with this: "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 No. 5 1 . THE POSSIBLE PARAMETERS OF HEALING From the personal to the...

...Madison so eloquently proclaimed, "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 (Federalist Paper #51). This chapter examines this history and its implication for ethical governance....

...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 key was building governmental institutions that channeled the ambitions of elected officials to...

...human nature. "In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men," Madison contends, "the great difficulty lies in this: you must first...and in the next place oblige it to control itself." Trusting the people to guard their liberties was, of course, an absolute, but "experience has taught...