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Having power of exclusive legislation over it, we are all responsible for the institutions in it.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “Having power of exclusive legislation over it, we are all responsible for the institutions in it.”
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Mann states that the power to legislate over the District comes with shared accountability for its institutions.
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Why, fellow-citizens, the ballot is worse than useless, if it be not FREE!
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