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15. ABUSES, The Constitution and.—[continued]

Aware of the tendency of
power to degenerate into abuse, the worthies
of our own country have secured its independence
by the establishment of a Constitution
and form of government for our nation,
calculated to prevent as well as to correct
abuse.—
R to A Washington Tammany Society. Washington ed. viii, 156.
(1809)