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" It has been frequently remarked, that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really capable or not, of establishing good government from... "
The Right of the People to Establish Forms of Government: Mr. Hallett's ... - Page 61
by Benjamin Franklin Hallett - 1848 - 71 pages
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The Essential Federalist: A New Reading of the Federalist Papers

Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - History - 1998 - 220 pages
...empire, in many respects, the most interesting in the world. It has been frequently remarked, that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really...
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Polycentricity and Local Public Economies: Readings from the Workshop in ...

Michael Dean McGinnis - Business & Economics - 1999 - 428 pages
...thought would presumably include the essential elements of a political science and would imply that "societies of men are really capable ... of establishing good government from reflection and choice" (Federalist, 1). Not any set of decision rules nor any constitution will induce an appropriate "rig"...
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Revoking the Moral Order: The Ideology of Positivism and the Vienna Circle

David J. Peterson - History - 1999 - 214 pages
...prospects for creating a new popular government, he declared: It has frequently been remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, to decide the important question whether societies of men are really capable or not of establishing good government...
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Leo Strauss, the Straussians, and the American Regime

Kenneth L. Deutsch, John Albert Murley - Philosophy - 1999 - 474 pages
...opening his defense of the proposed Constitution, Publius gave voice to what was widely recognized: that "it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country to decide the question whether or not good government could be established through reflection and choice." "This...
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Compromise and the Constitution: The Political Thought of Henry Clay

Kimberly C. Shankman - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 152 pages
...Constitution. Alexander Hamilton, writing as Publius, urged support of this Constitution on the grounds that "it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether societies of me are really...
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Negotiating the Constitution: The Earliest Debates Over Original Intent

Joseph M. Lynch - History - 2005 - 340 pages
...so eloquently stated in the opening essay of the Federalist: IT HAS BEEN FREQUENTLY REMARKED, that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really...
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Polycentric Governance and Development: Readings from the Workshop in ...

Michael Dean McGinnis - Business & Economics - 1999 - 452 pages
...the problem of design in the opening paragraph of Federalist 1: It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really...
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Discourse and Knowledge: The Making of Enlightenment Sociology, Volume 1

Piet Strydom - Social Science - 2000 - 356 pages
...the parts of which it is composed - the fate of an empire... It has been frequently remarked, that, it seems to have been reserved to the people of this...example, the important question, whether societies of men [sic!] are really capable or not, of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether...
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Religion and the New Republic: Faith in the Founding of America

James H. Hutson - History - 2000 - 228 pages
...process of ratifying the proposed new Constitution of the United States. Here are the crucial words: it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really capable or not, of establishing good government...
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The American Reader: Words That Moved a Nation

Diane Ravitch - Reference - 2000 - 662 pages
...rewarded by ample subsistence. — This is an American. . ALEXANDER HAMILTON THE FEDERALIST, NO. 1 It seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really...
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