Saving CUNY: Fighting the Good Fight – We Need You to Join the Fight
thewire.educators.nyc
James Madison, in a single brief sentence defines politics, ambition counteracting ambition, In Federalist 51 Madison wrote, Ambition must be made to 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 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. 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 in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.
Saving CUNY: Fighting the Good Fight – We Need You to Join the Fight
Saving CUNY: Fighting the Good Fight – We…
Saving CUNY: Fighting the Good Fight – We Need You to Join the Fight
James Madison, in a single brief sentence defines politics, ambition counteracting ambition, In Federalist 51 Madison wrote, Ambition must be made to 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 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. 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 in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.