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6606. PEOPLE, Participation in government.—

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)