It was the initial step in the series of stupendous events which found their culmination in the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, and the formulation of the Federal Constitution.
Stevenson connects the assembly at Jamestown to the foundational documents of American democracy.
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It is in very truth a government of the people, in an important sense a government standing separate and apart; its foundations the morality, the intelligence, the patriotism of the people.
Never forget that citizenship in such a government carries with it tremendous responsibility, a responsibility that we cannot evade.
Our eyes behold to-day the marvellous results of the far-seeing statesmanship in which it was conceived.
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