The evils we experience flow from the excess of democracy. (who presided when the Declaration was adopted) To interviewer David Frost, November 17, 1973 When the president does it, that means it's not illegal. shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed. Talents for low intrigue, and the little arts of popularity, may alone suffice to elevate a man to the first honors in a single State but it will require other talents, and a different kind of merit, to establish him in the esteem and confidence of the whole Union. The process of election affords a moral certainty that the office of President will never fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications. Pennsylvania delegate to the Constitutional Convention The executive will be always increasing, as elsewhere, till it ends in monarchy. Nobody knows what sort may come afterwards. The first man put at the helm will be a good one. They lack information and are constantly liable to be misled.Ĭonnecticut delegate to the Constitutional Convention The people … immediately should have as little to do as may be about the government.
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