Welcome to another episode of the Prager U 5 Minute Podcast.

This episode is the fourth in a series called Making America where we're covering five

of the most critical players who have found this great nation.

Today, James, Madison, and the Constitution.

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Now to today's episode presented by Dinesh D'Souza.

The preamble to the American Constitution begins with the phrase, We the People.

But could the people of America be counted on to do the right thing all or even most of

the time?

The principal architect of the Constitution, James Madison, gave this question a great

deal of thought.

His answer was a decided no.

Whenever there's an interest and power to do wrong, he said wrong will generally be done.

For his new nation, Madison wanted as much freedom as possible with as little government

as possible.

But he had no illusions.

Tyranny, he knew, comes in many forms.

It's not confined to monarchies and dictatorships.

In democratic society, the threat of tyranny comes from the people themselves.

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