Federalist Paper #51

The government must be given power, but when one is given power, it is tempted to make it benefit himself, just as the government would do. It states, “If men were angels, no government would be necessary…In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in…government to control the governed and …oblige it to control itself.” It was decided that dividing the government would be crucial to ensuring that the control would stay balanced and put to good use. These branches shouldn’t really be connected, because when alliances start forming, there is imbalance of power, which is what we are trying to stay away from. These groups make sure the people in power within their groups are just, and that the other groups don’t try to pull one over on the other. He calls for either a single republic with all the people submitting power to the “administration of a single government”, which Madison tells would be run “hereditarily” or by a “self appointed authority”, and the second option is divided by two separate governments, and different governments and subdivisions are placed within them, making the majority stand out, with many little factions within that area as well, benefiting the whole society this way.