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The Constitutional Convention of 1787: The History and Legacy of the Drafting of the U.S. Constitution

The Constitutional Convention of 1787: The History and Legacy of the Drafting of the U.S. Constitution

Paperback

Colonial Period (1600-1775)Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)

ISBN10: 1986154327
ISBN13: 9781986154321
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Mar 5 2018
Pages: 44
Weight: 0.16
Height: 0.09 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
*Includes pictures
*Includes contemporary accounts
*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading
All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and well born, the other the mass of the people. The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God; and however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true in fact. The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore to the first class a distinct, permanent share in the government. They will check the unsteadiness of the second, and as they cannot receive any advantage by a change, they therefore will ever maintain good government. Can a democratic assembly, who annually revolve in the mass of the people, be supposed steadily to pursue the public good? Nothing but a permanent body can check the imprudence of democracy. Their turbulent and uncontroling disposition requires checks. - Alexander Hamilton, quoted in Notes of the Secret Debates of the Federal Convention of 1787

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