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
But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? —James Madison
The genius of republican liberty seems to demand, not only that all power should be derived from the people, but that those intrusted with it should be kept in dependence on the people, by a short duration of their appointment; and that even during this short period the trust should be placed not in a few, but a number of hands. —James Madison
Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others. —Alexander Hamilton
A government ought to contain in itself every power requisite to the full accomplishment of the objects committed to its care, and to the complete execution of the trusts for which it is responsible, free from every other control but a regard to the public good and to the sense of the people. —Alexander Hamilton
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. —United States Constitution (Tenth Amendment)
