The Fœderalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favor of the New Constitution, as Agreed Upon by the Fœderal Convention, September 17, 1787. Reprinted from the Original Text. With an Historical Introduction and Notes, Volume 1 |
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... Possessing a territory which extended from the Atlan- tic seaboard to the southernmost bounds of the British ... possessed , would be difficult , if not impossible . It need not be a matter of surprise , therefore , that while the best ...
... Possessing a territory which extended from the Atlan- tic seaboard to the southernmost bounds of the British ... possessed , would be difficult , if not impossible . It need not be a matter of surprise , therefore , that while the best ...
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... possessed to an unusual extent the confidence of the latter , and held a seat in his cabinet , had the forethought ... possesses them , by whom it has been communicated for insertion in this work . " " DEAR SIR , C6 " Mount Airy , near ...
... possessed to an unusual extent the confidence of the latter , and held a seat in his cabinet , had the forethought ... possesses them , by whom it has been communicated for insertion in this work . " " DEAR SIR , C6 " Mount Airy , near ...
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... possess no importance what- ever ; that of Numbers LXXVIII . to LXXXV . , inclu- sive , is from the author's manuscript , and is , therefore , the only authentic and authorized version of that portion of the work . The " alterations ...
... possess no importance what- ever ; that of Numbers LXXVIII . to LXXXV . , inclu- sive , is from the author's manuscript , and is , therefore , the only authentic and authorized version of that portion of the work . The " alterations ...
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... possesses any such authority , which is not admitted , cannot properly mu- tilate that proposition without the assent of its asso- ciates how , then , could Mr. MADISON - the only per- son who has even tacitly acquiesced in any of these ...
... possesses any such authority , which is not admitted , cannot properly mu- tilate that proposition without the assent of its asso- ciates how , then , could Mr. MADISON - the only per- son who has even tacitly acquiesced in any of these ...
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... possess the same opinions , passions , and interests , .. c . the first unwise , the second impracticable , .. B. by controlling its effects , ..... a . the nature and purposes of " factions , " b . when the faction is a minority , " by ...
... possess the same opinions , passions , and interests , .. c . the first unwise , the second impracticable , .. B. by controlling its effects , ..... a . the nature and purposes of " factions , " b . when the faction is a minority , " by ...
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Page 486 - Energy in the Executive is a leading character in the definition of good Government.
Page 311 - No state shall, without the consent of congress, lay any duty on tonnage, keep troops or ships of war in time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another state or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay.
Page 58 - So strong is this propensity of mankind to fall into mutual animosities, that where no substantial occasion presents itself, the most frivolous and fanciful distinctions have been sufficient to kindle their unfriendly pas/sions and excite their most violent conflicts. But the most common and durable source of factions has been the various and unequal distribution of property.
Page 58 - Those who are creditors, and those who are debtors, fall under a like discrimination. A landed interest, a manufacturing interest, a mercantile interest, a moneyed interest, with many lesser interests, grow up of necessity in civilized nations, and divide them into different classes, actuated by different sentiments and views. The regulation of these various and interfering interests forms the principal task of modern Legislation, and involves the spirit of party and faction in the necessary and...
Page 338 - In the government of this Commonwealth, the legislative department shall never exercise the executive and judicial powers, or either of them : the executive shall never exercise the legislative and judicial powers, or either of them : the judicial shall never exercise the legislative and executive powers, or either of them: to the end it may be a government of laws and not of men.
Page 171 - That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law.
Page 346 - The concentrating these in the same hands is precisely the definition of despotic government. It will be no alleviation that these powers will be exercised by a plurality of hands, and not by a single one. One hundred and seventy-three despots would surely be as oppressive as one.
Page 267 - Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the Union.
Page 94 - The great and radical vice in the construction of the existing Confederation is in the principle of LEGISLATION for STATES or GOVERNMENTS, in their CORPORATE or COLLECTIVE CAPACITIES, and as contradistinguished from the INDIVIDUALS of whom they consist.
Page 294 - The better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the people of the different States in this Union, the free inhabitants of each of these States, paupers, vagabonds and fugitives from justice excepted, shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens...