Showing posts with label ignorant representatives. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ignorant representatives. Show all posts

2011-07-31

Monuments of deficient wisdom

James Madison in Federalist 62 (http://www.constitution.org/fed/federa62.htm) thought the House of Representatives was likely to be composed of people who were too fickle, too ignorant, and who needed to be counterbalanced by the sensible Senate: