We Hold These Truths: Documents of American DemocracyStuart Gerry Brown Harper & brothers, 1941 - 351 páginas |
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... ment , with powers properly distributed and adjusted , its surest guardian . It is , indeed , little else than a name where the govern- ment is too feeble to withstand the enterprises of faction , to ' confine each member of the society ...
... ment , with powers properly distributed and adjusted , its surest guardian . It is , indeed , little else than a name where the govern- ment is too feeble to withstand the enterprises of faction , to ' confine each member of the society ...
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... ment , they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it , or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it . I cannot be ignorant of the fact that many worthy and patriotic citizens are desirous of having the ...
... ment , they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it , or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it . I cannot be ignorant of the fact that many worthy and patriotic citizens are desirous of having the ...
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... ment of direct , 74-75 , 79 ; bur- den on South unduly heavy , 153-154 ; Congress to power of , 77 ; difficulty of im- partial imposition , 69 ; hedge against inflation , 285 ; limita- tion of states ' rights , 127-128 ; of colonists a ...
... ment of direct , 74-75 , 79 ; bur- den on South unduly heavy , 153-154 ; Congress to power of , 77 ; difficulty of im- partial imposition , 69 ; hedge against inflation , 285 ; limita- tion of states ' rights , 127-128 ; of colonists a ...
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The Meaning of Democracy | 9 |
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN The Albany Plan of Union 1754 | 18 |
THOMAS PAINE Appendix to Common Sense 1776 | 34 |
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