05/27/1788
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"the fundamental maxim of Republican government requires that the sense of the majority should prevail."
"A nation without a national government is, in my view, an awful spectacle."
"The judiciary, from the nature of its functions, will always be the least dangerous to the political rights of the Constitution."
"It is essential to the security of liberty that the government in general should have a common interest with the people."