James Madison said this: "But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary." The peculiar thing about government is that, in providing a better way of life for the people by unifiying them under a government system, it also creates an opportunity for men to corrupt themselves with power.
Madison proposes several thing in his Federalist papers. He states, "A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government..." Primary control is given to the people in a democracy, however, "experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions." This is because men have the ability to take power and trample over the rights of each other when soley left to popular choice, thus the need for a second group to have power in order that the two bodies can balance each other. Primary control is where most of the power lies, but auxiliary precautions are precautionary measures to ensure that the voice of the people (the primary control) does not run rampant with their power. Auxiliary precautions are seen in the way in which our government is instructed to set up laws. There is a process for passing a law, this process makes it very hard to create change, which allows small parties time and ability to assert that their rights are maintained and not trampled on by large factions that rise in power.