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" Give all power to the many, they will oppress the few. Give all power to the few, they will oppress^ the many. Both, therefore, ought to have the power, that each may defend itself against the other. "
Alexander Hamilton and the Growth of the New Nation - Page 200
by John Chester Miller - 659 pages
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Debates in the Congress of the Confederation, from February 19, 1787 to ...

James Madison, Henry Dilworth Gilpin - Constitutional history - 1840 - 708 pages
...the few and the many. Hence, separate interests will arise. There will be debtors and creditors, &c. Give all power to the many, they will oppress the...will oppress the many. Both, therefore, ought to have the power, that each may defend itself against tlie other. To the want of this check we owe our paper-money,...
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The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of ..., Volume 5

Jonathan Elliot, United States. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional history - 1845 - 672 pages
...the few and the many. Hence, separate interests will arise. There will be debtors and creditors, <tc. Give all power to the many, they will oppress the...will oppress the many. Both, therefore, ought to have the power, that each may defend itsulf against the other. To the want of this check, we owe our paper...
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The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of ..., Volume 5

Jonathan Elliot - Constitutional history - 1863 - 680 pages
...the few and the many. Hence, separate interests will arise. There will be debtors and creditors, &c. Give all power to the many, they will oppress the...oppress^ the many. Both, therefore, ought to have the power, that each may defend itself against the other. To the want of this check, we owe our paper...
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Journal of the Federal Convention: Kept by James Madison, Volume 1

Erastus Howard Scott - Constitutional history - 1893 - 412 pages
...few and the many. Hence, separate interests will arise. There will be debtors and creditors, «fcc. Give all power to the many, they will oppress the...oppress the many. Both, therefore, ought to -have the power, that each may defend itself against the other. To the want of this check we owe our paper-money,...
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Journal of the Federal Convention, Volume 1

United States. Constitutional Convention, James Madison - Constitutional conventions - 1893 - 402 pages
...the few and the many. Hence, separate interests will arise. There will be debtors and creditors, &c. Give all power to the many, they will oppress the...will oppress the many. Both, therefore, ought to have the power, that each may defend itself against the other. To the want of this check we owe our paper-money,...
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Bulletin of the Bureau of Rolls and Library of the Department of ..., Volume 9

Archives - 1897 - 976 pages
...into the few & the many. Hence separate There will l>e debtors & Creditors &c. interests will arise . Give all power to the many, they will oppress the...will oppress the many. Both therefore ought to have ["the" stricke'l out] power, that each may defend itself ag*.' the other. [" For " stricken out] To...
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The Writings of James Madison: 1787. The journal of the Constitutional ...

James Madison - Constitutional history - 1902 - 510 pages
...into the few & the many. Hence separate interests will arise. There will be debtors & Creditors &c. Give all power to the many, they will oppress the...will oppress the many. Both therefore ought to have the power, that each may defend itself ag8' the other. To the want of this check we owe our paper money,...
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The Library of Original Sources, Volume 7

Oliver Joseph Thatcher - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1907 - 488 pages
...the few and the many. Hence, separate interests will arise. There will be debtors and creditors, &c. Give all power to the many, they will oppress the...will oppress the many. Both, therefore, ought to have the power, that each may defend itself against the other. To the want of this check, we owe our paper...
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The Constitution of the United States: Its History Application and ..., Volume 2

David Kemper Watson - Constitutional history - 1910 - 1140 pages
...into the few and many. Hence, separate interests will arise. There will be debtors and creditors, &c. Give all power to the many, they will oppress the...will oppress the many. Both, therefore, ought to have the power, that each may defend itself against the other. To the want of this check we owe our papermoney,...
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Preface ; Introduction ; Proceedings (Proceedings of convention, May 14-29 ...

United States. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional history - 1911 - 650 pages
...into the few & the many. Hence separate interests will arise There will be debtors & Creditors &c. Give all power to the many, they will oppress the...therefore ought to have power, that each may defend itself agst. the other. To the want of this check we owe our paper money — instalment laws &c To the proper...
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