 It may be a reflection on human nature, that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of government. But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary.  Report Pursuant to Public Law 304, 84th Congress: As Amended - Stranica 792napisao/la United States. Commission on Government Security - 1957 - Broj stranica: 807Potpun prikaz - O ovoj knjizi
 | Heiko Bubholz - 2007 - Broj stranica: 144
...freedom (Schmidt 2000, 118-21). Thus, Publius has to confess (Hamilton/Madison/Jay 1999, NO 51, 290): "If angels were to govern men, neither external nor...necessary. In framing a government which is to be administrating by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government... | |
 | Michael Shermer - 2008 - Broj stranica: 346
...markets can be both free and fair. James Madison was right when he wrote in Federalist Paper Number 5 1 , "If men were angels, no government would be necessary....external nor internal controls on government would be necessary."13 Why do the sciences of complex systems and human nature predict and demonstrate that... | |
 | William L. Richter, Frances Burke - 2007 - Broj stranica: 258
...end of wisdom. As James Madison observed sagely more than 200 years ago in l-'ederalist No. 51: \\ men were angels, no government would be necessary....internal controls on government would be necessary. Since the power of government in this world is held only by mere women and men, a thoughtful approach... | |
 | John E. Hill - 2007 - Broj stranica: 290
...people were ethical, government regulation would not be needed. Note the similarity to Federalist #5 1 : "But what is government itself but the greatest of...men were angels, no government would be necessary. "'' Government is necessary to enforce justice, but government must also be controlled to prevent it... | |
 | Michael Warren - 2007 - Broj stranica: 235
...protect it — the rub was in the details. "If men were angels," Madison wrote in The Federalist Papers, "no government would be necessary. If angels were...internal controls on government would be necessary." Yet, the angels remain in heaven and imperfect men must govern themselves. Madison brilliantly summarized... | |
 | Royall Tyler, Cynthia A. Kierner - 2007 - Broj stranica: 158
...people. As James Madison, chief author of and leading advocate for the US Constitution, wrote in 1788, "What is government itself, but the greatest of all...nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary."11 Tyler's social criticism is limited and generally moderate, even on the central issues... | |
 | Daniel M. Brinks - 2007 - Broj stranica: 11
...incentives so that they support normative behavior. We have known this at least since Madison said, "If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither internal nor external controls on government would be necessary" (Federalist No. 51, Hamilton, Madison,... | |
 | Brent Gilchrist - 2006 - Broj stranica: 322
...ambition" and "the interests of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may be a reflection on human nature, that such devices should be necessary to controul [sic] the abuses of government. But what is government itself but the greatest of all reflections... | |
 | Scott J. Hammond, Kevin R. Hardwick, Howard Leslie Lubert - 2007 - Broj stranica: 1236
...counteract ambition. The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. society with others, who are already united, or have a controul the abuses of government. But what is government itself but the greatest of all reflections... | |
 | Vincent Ostrom - 2008 - Broj stranica: 320
...in the conduct of human affairs. Madison at a different juncture poses another rhetorical question: "But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?" He responds: "If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither... | |
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