 | Geoffrey Brennan, Alan Hamlin - 2000 - 282 Seiten
...Economising on virtue 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... | |
 | F. R. Ankersmit - 2002 - 284 Seiten
...Madison put it: "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...virtuous whilst they continue to hold their public trust."8 And Madison even explicitly inferred from this that the person represented and the representative... | |
 | Iseult Honohan - 2002 - 340 Seiten
...political constitution is. or ought to be. first. to obtain for rulers men who possess most wisdom to 106 discern. and most virtue to pursue. the common good...virtuous whilst they continue to hold their public trust. iFederalist Papers. 1991: No. 57. 318) Madison does not abandon the notion of citizen virtue. His notion... | |
 | Iseult Honohan - 2002 - 342 Seiten
...rulers men who possess most wisdom to 106 discern, and most virtue to pursue, the common good of socieu: and in the next place, to take the most effectual...virtuous whilst they continue to hold their public trust, iFederalist Papers, 1991: No, 57, 3181 Madison does not abandon the notion of citizen virtue, His notion... | |
 | Nathan W. Schlueter - 2002 - 212 Seiten
...paragraphs later he argues that the first object of every political constitution is "to obtain for rulers men who possess most wisdom to discern, and most virtue to pursue, the common good of the society." Finally, he concedes that the final check on the abuse of government is "above all, the... | |
 | Edwin J. Delattre - 2002 - 498 Seiten
...general public: 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 keepmg them virtuous,... | |
 | John Curtis Samples - 2002 - 260 Seiten
...representation: 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,... | |
 | Albert Breton, Gianluigi Galeotti, Pierre Salmon, Ronald Wintrobe - 2003 - 278 Seiten
...Madison's words: "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...whilst they continue to hold their public trust." Federalist Paper 57. Madison evidently believed that the virtue of office holders is partly exogenous... | |
 | Jens Borchert - 2003 - 248 Seiten
...Federalist Papers. »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...effectual precautions for keeping them virtuous.« (Madison 1 982 [l 788]: 289) Die so Gewählten sind dann zugleich >Auserwählte<: »a chosen body of... | |
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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... 
