Tammy’s Reviews > The Federalist Papers In Modern Language: Indexed for Today's Political Issues > Status Update

“ and framing a government that has to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty in this: you must first enable the government to control the govern, and in the next place, force it to control itself. Dependency on the people is, no doubt, the primary control of the government.”

“To a certain extent everyone agrees that a separation of different powers of government is essential to the preservation of of Liberty… government should be designed so members of
each branch have as little input as possible in the appointment of the members of others.“

“Fewer people will be federal employees under the constitution of the United States, the members employed by states. Consequently, the former will have less personal influence.”

Texas 2024: 350k employees
US 2.9 million

Oops!

“If it (the US)was totally national, the supreme, ultimate authority would reside in the majority of the people of the Union. This authority at any time, like the majority of every national society, could alter or abolish the established government. If it were totally federal, on the other hand, the concurrence of every State in the Union would be essential for every amendment that would be binding on all.”

“A federal government operates on the political bodies [States] composing of the confederacy(a political system in which a group of states or territories form a central government while retaining individual autonomy). A national government operates on the individual citizens, composing the nation.”

“The House of Representatives, like at least one branch of each state legislature, is elected directly by the great body of the people. The Senate, like the present Congress and senate of Maryland, derived its appointment indirectly from the people. The president is indirectly, elected by the people, like the example in most states”

“It is essential that a republican government spring from the great body of society, not from a small proportion or a favorite class… it is sufficient that person’s administering such a government are pointed, either directly or indirectly, by the people and that they hold their appointments by either of the tenures just specified

“… If the constitution is discovered to not be of the Republican form, it’s advocates must abandon it because it is no longer defensible.“

“Isn’t it natural that a candidate. . . will inform himself of their disposition & inclinations, & be willing to allow a proper degree of influence on his conduct? This dependence on the citizens, & his necessity of binding himself & his posterity by the laws he approves, create strong cords of sympathy between the representative & the constituents.“