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3583. GOVERNMENTS (American), People and.—

We think in America that it is
necessary to introduce the people into every
department of government, as far as they are
capable of exercising it; and that this is the
only way to ensure a long-continued and
honest administration of its powers.
To M. L'Abbé Arnond. Washington ed. iii, 81. Ford ed., v, 103.
(P. 1789)