Political Thought in America: An AnthologyMichael B. Levy Dorsey Press, 1982 - 474 pages |
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... interests . The protection of these faculties is the first object of government . From the protection of different and unequal faculties of acquiring property , the possession of different degrees and kinds of property immediately ...
... interests . The protection of these faculties is the first object of government . From the protection of different and unequal faculties of acquiring property , the possession of different degrees and kinds of property immediately ...
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... interests between the members of two distinct bodies , in the exer- cise of the powers of government , and bal- anced by those of a third . This hypothesis supposes human wisdom competent to the task of instituting three co - equal ...
... interests between the members of two distinct bodies , in the exer- cise of the powers of government , and bal- anced by those of a third . This hypothesis supposes human wisdom competent to the task of instituting three co - equal ...
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... interests , nothing would be more simple and easy than to form and pre- serve free institutions . The right of suffrage alone would be a sufficient guarantee . It is the conflict of opposing interests which ren- ders it the most ...
... interests , nothing would be more simple and easy than to form and pre- serve free institutions . The right of suffrage alone would be a sufficient guarantee . It is the conflict of opposing interests which ren- ders it the most ...
Contents
PART II | 25 |
A View of the Causes and Consequences of the American Revolution 17631775 | 55 |
Letter to James Madison 1787 Thomas Jefferson | 108 |
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