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Quotational Therapy: Part 36-- Federalist Papers.

Federalist Papers, No. 10 & No. 51 (1787-1788)-

No. 10:

Liberty is to faction what air is to fire, an aliment without which it instantly expires. But it could not be less folly to abolish liberty, which is essential to political life, because it nourishes faction, than it would be to wish the annihilation of air, which is essential to animal life, because it imparts to fire its destructive agency.

-James Madison.

No. 51:

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.

-Alexander Hamilton or James Madison.

Source:
-"Publius," from OurDocuments.gov.

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Posted by Will Franklin · 15 August 2005 11:08 AM

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