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| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. |
| NUMBER: | 739 |
| AUTHOR: | James Madison (1751–1836) |
| QUOTATION: | 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. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | JAMES MADISON, The Federalist, ed. Benjamin F. Wright, no. 51, p. 356 (1961). |
| SUBJECTS: | Government |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia |
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