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missfuture2020p5umxt
25.10.2021 • 
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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 No. 51
2013 FLVS
With which statement would the author of Federalist No. 51 most likely agree?
O of both the people and the government love liberty, the government will not need to protect individual rights.
People are naturally good, so a government does not need checks and balances to protect individual rights.
People are not naturally disciplined, so a government must have unlimited power to keep order in society.
Both people and governments need laws to keep order in society and protect individual rights.


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