Why does madison fear “a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department” of government?

Madison fear “a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department” of government because he feel worry about the lack of control the abuses of government.

According to Federalist Paper no. 51, James Madison (1751-1836) worrries about how to create institutions that would check personal ambition and the "encroachment" of one branch of government by the other:

"But the great security against a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department, consists in giving to those who administer each department, the necessary constitutional means, and personal motives, to resist encroachments of the others… Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. The interest of the man, must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may be a reflection on human nature, that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of government."

American Revolution in the 18th century have attempt to solve two of the most significant problems in political theory, such as how to guard against the very people who were created to guard us, and the problem of keeping a government with limited powers.

The solution the Founding Fathers came from the thought of the French theorist Montesquieu which is separating the powers of the state into different branches

Grade:  9

Subject:  history

Chapter:  Federalist Paper

Keywords:  Federalist Paper

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