He shows, from the history of Massachusetts, that the fundamental principle asserted in the fifth article of our declaration of rights, that all power resides originally in the people, is derived from the above-named writers, and explains how this power has been practically exercised by the people of that state.
Quincy discusses the historical roots of the principle that all power originates with the people, as articulated in Massachusetts.
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