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The constitution of the United States when adopted was so far from being considered as a democracy, that Patrick Henry charged it, in the Virginia Convention, with an awful squinting towards monarchy.
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gutenberg.orgJosiah Quincy: “The constitution of the United States when adopted was so far from being considered as a democracy, that Patrick Henry…”
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Quincy notes that the U.S. Constitution was initially perceived as leaning towards monarchy rather than democracy.
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