Day #273
James Madison, whom I admire greatly, as much for his role in the establishment of our country as for his sheer brilliance, stated in the Federalist Paper #51 (the following is my paraphrasing) that when a government is formed the first priority is to give that government the tools to guide and protect the governed, in other words, laws. The second priority, and possibly most important, is to give the government the structure required to guide itself.
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