Considered musings and random commentary.
Friday, May 07, 2004
What ails government?
"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."
-- James Madison
(1751-1836), Father of the Constitution for the USA, 4th US President
Source: The Federalist; Feb.8, 1788
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1776-1800/federalist/fed_I.htm
'nuf said?
