| J. Thomas Wren - Political Science - 2007 - 423 pages
...system, Madison concluded, 'it may well happen that the public voice pronounced by the representatives of the people, will be more consonant to the public good, than if pronounced by the people themselves'.57 Madison explained this startling conclusion by demonstrating that the leaders of a republic,... | |
| Jeremy Malcolm - Computers - 2008 - 641 pages
...Under such a regulation, it may well happen that the public voice, pronounced by the representatives of the people, will be more consonant to the public good than if pronounced by the people themselves.232 These perspectives illustrate a real, and not easily resolved, tension which continues... | |
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