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The United States could not have become monarchical, even if the Constitutional Convention had decreed it, even if the component States had ratified it.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Here, Bagehot argues that the United States' political structure inherently prevents it from adopting a monarchy, regardless of intentions.
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