THE CHEST OF BROKEN GLASS and FEDERALIST No. 55 by JAMES MADISON

The Chest of broken Glass is an old folk tale about a father who has grown old- to old to care for himself, and in order to gain more time from his three sons who only visit now and then, fills an old locked chect with broken glass. The sons, upon seeing the chect, and hearing the content inside, believe their father has filled it with gold, and decide to take turns living with and caring for their father further into his old age.  In Federalist No. 55 one of our nations founders James Madison, admits that for our democratic republic to work, its elected leaders must be honest and virtuous- otherwise,it will become ruled by tyrants.