The following is an excerpt from FDR’s First Inaugural Addre…

The following is an excerpt from FDR’s First Inaugural Address in 1933: “Finally, in our progress toward a resumption of work we require two safeguards against a return of the evils of the old order: there must be a strict supervision of all banking and credits and investments, so that there will be an end to speculation with other people’s money; and there must be provision for an adequate but sound currency…. These are the lines of attack. I shall presently urge upon a new Congress, in special session, detailed measures for their fulfillment….” It could be argued here that FDR is using h is power as _____ to spur action to fix the nation’s economic conditions.

Madison wrote in Federalist #51, “If men were angels, no gov…

Madison wrote in Federalist #51, “If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. 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.” By this he meant that…