This is why the American Government works

"No man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause, because his interest would certainly bias his judgment, and, not improbably, corrupt his integrity. With equal, nay with greater reason, a body of men are unfit to be both judges and parties at the same time; yet what are many of the most important acts of legislation, but so many judicial determinations, not indeed concerning the rights of single persons, but concerning the rights of large bodies of citizens? And what are the different classes of legislators but advocates and parties to the causes which they determine? Is a law proposed concerning private debts? It is a question to which the creditors are parties on one side and the debtors on the other. Justice ought to hold the balance between them."

1- A main reason why the American government works is because of this point, stating that a balance of power and ideas is how to function properly. At the same time, however, a body of men is unfit to be  judges in separate parties because the most important judicial decisions do not concern individual citizens, but rather a society of majority not protecting the rights of the minority. Justice, will balance the power and rights between the majority and minority. This helps the government work because it creates equality in society.

"It must be confessed that in this, as in most other cases, there is a mean, on both sides of which inconveniences will be found to lie. By enlarging too much the number of electors, you render the representatives too little acquainted with all their local circumstances and lesser interests; as by reducing it too much, you render him unduly attached to these, and too little fit to comprehend and pursue great and national objects. The federal Constitution forms a happy combination in this respect; the great and aggregate interests being referred to the national, the local and particular to the State legislatures."

2- A balance of power between representatives is in jeopardy if there are too many electors of the people that it overpowers representatives to non-importance. When electors are reduced, however, the people have no power or authority to choose what they believe in. The federal Constitution evens power because representatives' ideas and interests are pursued nationally, while citizens' ideas and interests are pursued by the State. This works in government because everyone has a say in what they want for their state or for the country.

"To what expedient, then, shall we finally resort, for maintaining in practice the necessary partition of power among the several departments, as laid down in the Constitution? The only answer that can be given is, that as all these exterior provisions are found to be inadequate, the defect must be supplied, by so contriving the interior structure of the government as that its several constituent parts may, by their mutual relations, be the means of keeping each other in their proper places. Without presuming to undertake a full development of this important idea, I will hazard a few general observations, which may perhaps place it in a clearer light, and enable us to form a more correct judgment of the principles and structure of the government planned by the convention."

3- The solution to a well working adequate government is the balance of powers. Wanting to maintain the points of the Constitution is key because it defines what the American government is and what it tries to do in regards to the rights of its people. Through balance of powers, the government stays in check with itself making it a self-sustaining government and therefore successful. A balance of powers is the backbone to everything the government is trying to make itself and trying to accomplish. Without balancing powers, each branch will inevitably overpower one another and the American government would be in turmoil if each branch did not limit each others power. Making the right government is having equal power and mirrors the constitution causing it to function.

 "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."

4- The goal of government is to give freedom, but also enable it to have power over its people. Once accomplished, the government must then have the ability to function on its own, which is where balance of powers is effective. A government most importantly relies on its people to live under their rule, but with precaution for the government to succeed in maintaining a stable society. When the government has power over its people, gives freedom, and functions on its own is when the government works as a whole.