U.S. Government and Political Philosophy Key Concepts

In very numerous assemblies, ______ takes control from reason.

Passion

"Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates... every assembly would still have been a mob."

Meaning: Reason is overwhelmed in large groups

______ government presupposes the existence of qualities in human nature which justify esteem and confidence.

Republican

The aim of a constitution is to obtain rulers with ______ to discern, and ______ to pursue, the common good.

Wisdom; virtue

Who will be the electors of federal representatives?

Great body of the people

What will determine the qualification of representatives?

Merit

In #57, is Madison in favor of frequent elections?

Yes

Representatives will be bound to the people by the cords of:

Sympathy; gratitude; interest; duty

The "senatorial trust" requires greater extent of information and stability of ______.

Character

The diseases to which governments are most liable are the "facility and ______ of lawmaking."

Excess

To check the government, must the Senate be similar or dissimilar to the House?

Dissimilar

All numerous assemblies have a tendency to yield to sudden and violent ______.

Passions

A good government implies fidelity to the object of government, which is ______, and a knowledge of ______.

The happiness of the people; the means of promoting it

Frequent elections show the need for a ______ institution in government.

Stable

"If laws be so ______ that they cannot be read..."

Voluminous

"...or so ______ that they cannot be understood."

Incoherent

No government will be respected without possessing ______ and ______.

Stability; wisdom

In #63, a Senate is necessary to establish a sense of ______ character.

National

Some objects depend on immediate measures, others on a succession of well-chosen and ______ measures.

Successive

The Senate defends the people against their own ______.

Temporary errors and delusions

What should ultimately prevail over the views of rulers?

The public good / the people

Liberty may be endangered by the abuses of ______ as well as power.

Liberty

The ______, with the people, will guard against usurpations by the Senate.

House of Representatives