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The innate need to not let any person or any entity overpower the rights that have been given will allow for a balance of power that will in the end work to produce a functioning government.
In excerpt 5, as posited by Madison, he states that the reason why a stable and structured government is necessary in the first place is because men are always hungry for more power. When given just a little bit of governance over a bigger crowd of people, they will naturally want more, as they see their way as being the right way, and the only way in which problems could be solved. But because men are inclined to want aspects to turn out in ways where their best interests are in mind and where they come out best in the end, a necessary system needs to be implemented to make sure that one branch does not overpower the other and make it difficult for certain regulations to get passed. Madison refers to the lack of structure and the lack of functionality that would be imposed if there were no rules to make sure that each party does what it is that they are supposed to do.
Because of this fear that one branch would want to overpower the other, a system of checks and balances is a much needed entity to preserve liberty. Madison is completely in the right when it comes to this process because he is...
He recognizes that if a given branch has more power to put something through without the authorization of the other, then the democratic system will instead become one of a dictatorship where in the end, liberty will be lost, and the citizens who this government is supposed to represent become invisible to legislation.
In order for Madison's Excerpts to be understood, one must see this under the lens of government when it was first being established. Coming from being under complete rule of a monarchy and wanting complete freedom from any rules that did not directly benefit them, Madison knew that the only way a government for the people would work, would be to put limitations on how much power anyone could have. If too much power is given to a certain party, then in the end, the end goal would be lost in sight, and that end goal, was complete freedom to have a proper government.
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Kelman, Steven. American Government. Dallas, TX: Holt, Rinehart, & Winston. 2003. Print.
Sobel, Syl. How the U.S. Government Works. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's Educational Series. 1999. Print.
Heineman, Robert et al. American Government. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. 1995. Print.
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