The Political Thought of American Statesmen: Selected Writings and SpeechesMorton J. Frisch, Richard G. Stevens |
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... whole to despotic sway . That such may not be our unhappy fate also , must be the sincere prayer of every lover of his country . So numerous and diversified are the interests of our country , that they could not be fairly represented in ...
... whole to despotic sway . That such may not be our unhappy fate also , must be the sincere prayer of every lover of his country . So numerous and diversified are the interests of our country , that they could not be fairly represented in ...
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... whole is , that of our thirty - nine fathers who framed the original Constitution , twenty - one - a clear majority of the whole certainly understood that no proper division of local from federal authority , nor any part of the ...
... whole is , that of our thirty - nine fathers who framed the original Constitution , twenty - one - a clear majority of the whole certainly understood that no proper division of local from federal authority , nor any part of the ...
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... whole country at once . There will be entire populations still cool , self - reliant , unaffected . Revolutions have to take such nations as ours in detail . Gener- ous emotions sometimes sweep whole peoples , but evil passions ...
... whole country at once . There will be entire populations still cool , self - reliant , unaffected . Revolutions have to take such nations as ours in detail . Gener- ous emotions sometimes sweep whole peoples , but evil passions ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Founding | 2 |
THOMAS JEFFERSON 17431826 | 6 |
Copyright | |
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