James Madison: Who Are the Best Keepers of the People’s Liberties?
Republican. — The people themselves. The sacred trust can be no where so safe as in the hands most interested in preserving it. Anti-republican. — The people …
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National Gazette Article on ‘The Spirit of Governments’ by James Madison and Anon.
No government is perhaps reducible to a sole principle of operation. Where the theory approaches nearest to this character, different and often heterogeneous principles mingle …
Mary Wollstonecraft’s Vindication of the Rights of Woman is Published
“Women are told from their infancy, and taught by the example of their mothers, that a little knowledge of human weakness, justly termed cunning, softness …