“In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.” “The different governments will control each other, at the same time that each will be controlled by itself.”

Question 1 (Low)-According to the text, what does James Madison write is a great difficulty?

Question 2 (Low Moderate)-What Enlightenment idea of Montesquieu’s does this quote refer to?

Question 3 (Moderate)-What is James Madison referring to when he says our government is “obliged to control itself”?

Question 4 (High)-What example can you come up with of how checks and balances are seen in our government today?