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The tenth number of the Federalist, written by James Madison, is an elaborate and unanswerable essay upon the vital and radical difference between a democracy and a republic.
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Quincy highlights Madison's Federalist essay on the differences between democracy and a republic.
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May the Ruler of the universe preserve you from such degradation! 'Freedom!
He knew how little a majority of the men of his own time were disposed or qualified to estimate his character with justice.
The spirit of freedom and the spirit of slavery are drawing together for the deadly conflict of arms.
They have transmitted that freedom to you; and upon you now devolves the duty of transmitting it unimpaired to your posterity.
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