...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,...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...

...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,...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...

...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...necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would by necessary. In his Farewell Address, Washington concurs...

...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,...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...

...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,...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...

...the 51st paper of The Federalist, Madison denned the problem of liberty and order in constitutional government: But what is government itself but the...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...

...begins with understanding the meaning and application of "If men were angels..." Madison asks, 170 "What is government itself but the greatest of all...necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary." The rationale for the Constitution is set...

...ambition. ... 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...men were angels, no government would be necessary." 15 The civitas Dei and civitas te.rre.na, understood as eschatological realities, offer therefore a...

...particular were deeply mistrustful of human nature. (As James Madison famously wrote, for example, "But what is government itself but the greatest of...men were angels, no government would be necessary.") They knew that if they were to make their democratic experiment last, they had to make Faustian bargains...

...the Framer (Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1973), pp. 206-7. In The Federalist No. 51, Madison asked: "But what is government itself, but the greatest of...men were angels, no government would be necessary." 4. Institutions, Institutional Change, and Economic Performance (New York: Cambridge University Press,...