 | Francis Graham Wilson, H. Lee Cheek, Jr., M. Susan Power, Kathy B. Cheek - Страниц: 282
...own experience?" Yet there are special problems regarding opinion which must be faced in a republic. "As there is a degree of depravity in mankind which...a certain degree of circumspection and distrust," we read in The Federalist No. LV, "so there are other qualities in human nature which justify a certain... | |
 | A. James Reichley - 2002 - Страниц: 312
...with a wall of defense, against the encroachment of error." Madison coupled the Calvinist view that "there is a degree of depravity in mankind which requires a certain degree of circumspection and distrust" with a cautiously hopeful belief that "there are other qualities in human nature which justify a certain... | |
 | Charles W. Dunn - 2001 - Страниц: 232
...control it.4 The three authors of the Federalist Papers make that clear. James Madison spoke of the "degree of depravity in mankind which requires a certain degree of circumspection and distrust,"5 the "caprice and wickedness of man,"6 and the "infirmities and depravities of human character."7... | |
 | John Curtis Samples - 2002 - Страниц: 260
...Madison believed humans were neither angels nor devils: As there is a degree of depravity in mankind that requires a certain degree of circumspection and distrust:...justify a certain portion of esteem and confidence. Republican government presupposes the existence of these qualities in a higher degree than any other... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - 1996 - Страниц: 588
...themselves up to the extravagancies of this passion, are not aware of the injury they do their own cause. As there is a degree of depravity in mankind which...requires a certain degree of circumspection and distrust, 378 so there are other qualities in human nature which justify a certain portion of esteem and confidence.... | |
 | A. James Reichley - 2004 - Страниц: 444
...requires a certain degree of circumspection and distrust" with a cautiously hopeful conviction that "there are other qualities in human nature which justify a certain portion of esteem and confidence"—the conception of human nature that underlies the system of checks and balances which... | |
 | Nathan W. Schlueter - 2002 - Страниц: 212
...be necessary. Republican government (to use Madison again) presupposes the existence of "a certain degree of depravity in mankind which requires a certain degree of circumspection and distrust," as well as "other qualities in human nature which justify a certain portion of esteem and confidence."... | |
 | Gerald F Gaus - 2003 - Страниц: 260
...neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. 33 Yet Madison also insists that: As there is a degree of depravity in mankind...justify a certain portion of esteem and confidence. Republican government presupposes the existence of these qualities in a higher degree than any other... | |
 | Alan Finlayson - 2003 - Страниц: 696
...believed the American population had been blessed. Madison, in Federalist No. 55, put it most plainly: 'As there is a degree of depravity in mankind which...justify a certain portion of esteem and confidence. Republican government presupposes the existence of these qualities in a higher degree than any other... | |
 | Stephen Young - 2003 - Страниц: 248
...righteousness; the mind of the mean man is conversant with gain. —Confucius, The Analects, Bk. IV, ChptXVI As there is a degree of depravity in mankind which...justify a certain portion of esteem and confidence. —Federalist No. 55, Friday, February 15,1788 THIS BOOK AFFIRMS that moral capitalism is possible.... | |
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As there is a degree of depravity in mankind, which requires a certain degree of circumspection and distrust : so there are other qualities in human nature, which justify a certain portion of esteem and confidence. Republican government presupposes the... 
