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The absence of violent democratic innovations was the Constitution's remarkable feature.
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gutenberg.orgDe Alexander: “The absence of violent democratic innovations was the Constitution's remarkable feature.”
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This observation points to the Constitution's stability and lack of radical changes in its design.
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