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4934. MAJORITY, Force vs.—
Absolute
acquiescence in the decisions of the majority,—the vital principle of republics, from which
is no appeal but to force, the vital principle
and immediate parent of despotism, I deem
[one of the] essential principles of our government
and, consequently, [one] which
ought to shape its administration.—
First Inaugural Address. Washington ed. viii, 4.
Ford ed., viii, 4.
(1801)
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