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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. . . . 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.
—James Madison, Federalist 51
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. . . . 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.
—James Madison, Federalist 51