 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 Sword and the Cross: Reflections on Command and Consciencevon James H. Toner - 1992 - 186 SeitenKeine Leseprobe verfügbar - Über dieses Buch
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - 1817 - 570 Seiten
...government would be necessary. In framing a government, which is to be administered by men overmen, 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... | |
 | James Madison, John Jay - 1818 - 882 Seiten
...nor Tiial controls on government would be necessary, framing a government which is to he administered men over men, the great difficulty lies in this :...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 urns... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1838 - 684 Seiten
...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, 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... | |
 | James Madison, John Jay - 1826 - 736 Seiten
...human nature ? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern hien. neither external nor internal controls on government...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... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1833 - 684 Seiten
...department the necessary constitutional means and personal motives to resist encroachments from the others." "In framing a Government, which is to be administered...and, in the next place, oblige it to control itself. A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the Governanother occasion, been shown... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - 1837 - 516 Seiten
...itself, but the greatest of all ie-l flections on human nature ? If men were angels, no govern-! ment would be necessary. If angels were to govern men,...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... | |
 | 1842 - 492 Seiten
...counteract ambition. The interest of the man, must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may be a reflection on human nature, that such...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... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - 1852 - 528 Seiten
...be necessary to control the abuses of government. But what is government itself, but the greatest ol all reflections on human nature? If men were angels,...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... | |
 | George Robertson - 1855 - 422 Seiten
...violence of the stronger." And in the same number hi says, that "in framing a government which is to DC administered by men, over men, the great difficulty...and in the next place, OBLIGE it to control itself. A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control of the government; but experii-nce has... | |
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