Humanity has misplaced its trust since the beginning of time. C’mon, Eve, just one bite. What could go wrong? What’s so amazing is how amazed we are when we’re betrayed. We seem hardwired to trust. But most of us also possess that internal safety valve called nagging doubt. We need to heed it more frequently than we do.
Humanity has misplaced its trust since the beginning of time. C’mon, Eve, just one bite. What could go wrong? What’s so amazing is how amazed we are when we’re betrayed. We seem hardwired to trust. But most of us also possess that internal safety valve called nagging doubt. We need to heed it more frequently than we do.
There’s only one government built on distrust — ours. “If men were angels, no government would be necessary,” James Madison wrote in Federalist 51. “If angels were to govern men, neither internal nor external controls on government would be necessary.”
Madison and his band of brothers constructed a constitution of checks and balances to corral the worst excesses of the heart. Post-modernism may loathe these men, but they sure understood human nature in a way we do not.
Very astute! But how unfortunate that the Constitution written by Madison and friends has been largely upended through judicial misinterpretation over the last century.
Humanity has misplaced its trust since the beginning of time. C’mon, Eve, just one bite. What could go wrong? What’s so amazing is how amazed we are when we’re betrayed. We seem hardwired to trust. But most of us also possess that internal safety valve called nagging doubt. We need to heed it more frequently than we do.
There’s only one government built on distrust — ours. “If men were angels, no government would be necessary,” James Madison wrote in Federalist 51. “If angels were to govern men, neither internal nor external controls on government would be necessary.”
Madison and his band of brothers constructed a constitution of checks and balances to corral the worst excesses of the heart. Post-modernism may loathe these men, but they sure understood human nature in a way we do not.
Very astute! But how unfortunate that the Constitution written by Madison and friends has been largely upended through judicial misinterpretation over the last century.
What a brilliant comment.
Made my day.
Government is not your friend. It is, at best, a necessary evil. Viewing it through any other lens is madness.
Thanks, Bruce!