As Madison remarked in Federalist 51, in framing a government which is to be administered by man over man, the great difficulty lies in this: You must first enable the government to control the governed and, in the next place, oblige it, meaning the government, to control itself.
Grassley emphasizes the need for government accountability in controlling citizens.
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