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On the recordMarch 21, 2012
There was no intention that we are going to have one party, one government, one religion, because our Founding Fathers did not trust the nature of man.
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Doc Hastings
Republican · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Hastings reflects on the Founding Fathers' distrust of concentrated power.

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