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6624. PEOPLE, Supreme.—

He [George
III.] is no more than the chief officer of the
people, appointed by the laws, and circumscribed
with definite powers, to assist in
working the great machine of government,
erected for their use, and, consequently, subject
to their superintendence.—
Rights of British America. Washington ed. i, 125. Ford ed., i, 429.
(1774)