Fed. No. 51

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. The provision for defense must in this, as in all other cases, be made commensurate to the danger of attack. 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. But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered 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. A dependence on the people is, no doubt, the primary control on the government; but experience has taught mankind the necessity of auxiliary precautions.

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To discuss why the governments exists to exhort power can be very controversial, even more to explain why it is even existent. However, The Constitution set out to control the concentration of power throughout the several departments that make up the government branches. Ambition is by human nature an agent of survival. However, the interest of men must be in relation to the constitutional right according to the branches of the government. If mystical forces were to govern men there would not be a need for any sort of control to exist within the government nor the governed, hence this is not the case the challenge consist in equally governing men and governing the government that is governing. These are co-existent and the both need a balance within each other. 

I chose this passage because today, amongst our communities the word "oppressive" government can be used to intend the wrongdoings of their actions and how oppressed they may feel as a result. However, no government there would imply a chaotic society of anarchy. Of course that as mentioned the power of government and power of people must be in intact balance in order to function within society in order to avoid uprising. By creating a system of checks and balance they must be functioning even until present day. It leaves me to wonder if the internal controls of government are actually undergoing a check point of when is has deliberately exhorted much to power over an issue, policy, or ruling. However, as the Federalist No. 51 continues to mention under a society where the weaker individual is not secured against the violence of the stronger anarchy may result for the government is to protect the the weak as well as the more powerful.