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Jeff Flake: “In Federalist Paper 51, James Madison wrote, "In framing a Government which is to be administered by men over men, the…”

On the recordApril 9, 2013
In Federalist Paper 51, James Madison wrote, "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."
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Jeff Flake
Republican · Arizona

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Flake references Madison's quote on government control and self-regulation.

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