 | Leo Strauss - 1989 - 392 Seiten
...elect as its representatives for deliberation as well as for execution those among the three groups of men "who possess most wisdom to discern, and most virtue to pursue, the common 2. Ep. Ded., pp. 93-94, 164, 186. good of the society," or those who are most outstanding by "merits... | |
 | Edward Millican - 292 Seiten
...Avers Madison, "the aim of every political Constitution is or ought to be first to obtain for rulers, men who possess most wisdom to discern, and most virtue to pursue the common good of the society; and in the next place, to take the most effectual precautions for keeping them virtuous,... | |
 | Ralph Louis Ketcham, Ralph Ketcham - 1990 - 788 Seiten
...prospects of achieving them in the proposed House of Representatives. The aims were to "obtain for rulers, men who possess most wisdom to discern, and most virtue to pursue the common good of the society; and ... to take the most effectual precautions for keeping them virtuous, whilst they... | |
 | Marshall L. DeRosa - 1991 - 200 Seiten
...stated that "the aim of every political constitution is, or ought to be, first to obtain for rulers men who possess most wisdom to discern, and most virtue...most effectual precautions for keeping them virtuous while they continue to hold their public trust." This the Antifederalists would have had no difficulty... | |
 | Edward J. Erler - 1991 - 144 Seiten
...constitution," Madison writes in the fifty-seventh number, "is. or ought to be, first to obtain for rulers men who possess most wisdom to discern, and most virtue to pursue, the common good of the society; and in the next place, to take the most effectual precautions for keeping them virtuous... | |
 | Richard C. Sinopoli - 1992 - 224 Seiten
...one should not attribute causal significance to it, on this point the better argument won. for rulers men who possess most wisdom to discern, and most virtue to pursue, the common good of the society; and in the next place, to take the most effectual precautions for keeping them virtuous... | |
 | Stephen L. Elkin, Karol Edward Soltan - 1993 - 251 Seiten
...for rulers men who possess most wisdom to discern, and most virtue to pursue the common good of the society; and in the next place, to take the most effectual...virtuous, whilst they continue to hold their public trust" (Wills 1982, 289). Elsewhere, Hamilton suggests that wisdom and virtue would characterize national... | |
 | James O'Toole - 1995 - 190 Seiten
...deliberative than the impassioned masses. According to Madison. the US Constitution aims "to obtain for rulers men who possess most wisdom to discern. and most virtue to pursue. the common good of society." Although the basis of American representative rule — an elite elected by the people — is far different... | |
 | Robert E. Goodin - 1998 - 308 Seiten
...Paper no. 57: "the aim of every political constitution is or ought to be first to obtain for rulers men who possess most wisdom to discern, and most virtue to pursue the common good of the society; and in the next place, to take the most effectual precautions for keeping them virtuous,... | |
 | Gary L. Gregg - 1997 - 266 Seiten
...Representation: The Filter If the aim of the Constitution, as Publius instructs us, is "to obtain for rulers men who possess most wisdom to discern, and most virtue to pursue, the common good of society"(57:343), one may ask: What use could be made of these special (clearly seen to be unrepresentative)... | |
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The aim of every political constitution is, or ought to be, first, to obtain for rulers men who possess most wisdom to discern, and most virtue to pursue, the common good of the society; and in the next place, to take the most effectual precautions for... 
