1. The quote I chose for this assignment was from The American Political Tradition by Richard Hofstadter. The quote states, "Ambition must be made to counteract ambition... It may be a reflection on human nature that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of government. But what is the government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary.... In framing a government which is to be administrated 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" (pp. 8).
2. I believe the meaning of this quote is government was created by man, but yet it is the man who needs to be controlled to reduce chaos; so how is it possible man can create laws for the government but yet they are the ones out of control. The men who do create the government need to create a system that rules the people and the actual government system to make sure there is no confusion or back doors men in power can use to save themselves or loved ones.
3. I like this quote because I feel it has much to do with how the government is being used today. For instance, we have a president that is very prejudice and racist towards illegal and legal immigrants. He calls them rapist and murderers, but yet his own wife, Melania, was once an illegal immigrant from Slovenia. Due to her marrying an American, not only she, but her parents as well were able to get green cards and citizenships. His youngest son is American born but his blood is 50% Slovenian and 50% American. Not only that, but the majority of his cleaning staff and behind the scenes staff are illegal immigrants because it is cheaper to pay them and get the maximum amount of work out of them. I personally feel this quote has a lot of relevance to how our American government is being operated today.
2. I believe the meaning of this quote is government was created by man, but yet it is the man who needs to be controlled to reduce chaos; so how is it possible man can create laws for the government but yet they are the ones out of control. The men who do create the government need to create a system that rules the people and the actual government system to make sure there is no confusion or back doors men in power can use to save themselves or loved ones.
3. I like this quote because I feel it has much to do with how the government is being used today. For instance, we have a president that is very prejudice and racist towards illegal and legal immigrants. He calls them rapist and murderers, but yet his own wife, Melania, was once an illegal immigrant from Slovenia. Due to her marrying an American, not only she, but her parents as well were able to get green cards and citizenships. His youngest son is American born but his blood is 50% Slovenian and 50% American. Not only that, but the majority of his cleaning staff and behind the scenes staff are illegal immigrants because it is cheaper to pay them and get the maximum amount of work out of them. I personally feel this quote has a lot of relevance to how our American government is being operated today.
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