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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. 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 the next place, oblige it to control itself."
- James Madison
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