The United States couldn’t keep all of its power in its central government. “In the compound government of America, the power surrendered by the people is first divided between two distinct governments…” (James Madison, Federalist Paper #51, 1788) James Madison believes that there should first be two types of governments. Those are the state governments and the central governments. Without balance of power, people feared there would be tyranny, and I think that’s exactly what James Madison was saying. …show more content…
That’s why our founders decided to split the central government’s power up even more. Now, we have three houses and they all look over each other, making sure one isn’t too powerful. “The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” (James Madison, Federalist Paper #47) This is another quote by James Madison that I feel best represents why we have three different houses in our United States government. He’s saying that all the power that the United States government has in either one person’s hands or many could lead to tyranny if we’re not careful and watch over