American Memory
American Memory
March 23, 2004
 
Real, Pretended or Imaginary Dangers by Emma Rothschild
Madison's view of political security was founded, in the end, on a series of expectations about human beings— that their interests and opinions are various and that their passions are moderate, or transient, or inconsistent. The most insidious of all the risks of empire was that it would contribute, over time, to transforming these psychological conditions for what Madison called self-government.



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