Obama: We've heard it all before

October 1, 2012July 19, 2016 Mark Hillman

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But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature. If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In forming a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.

— James Madison, Federalist No. 51