#64: The best men, making the best deals
/[T]he Constitution has taken the utmost care that they shall be men of talents and integrity
Read More[T]he Constitution has taken the utmost care that they shall be men of talents and integrity
Read MoreWhere is the measure or criterion to which we can appeal, for determining what will give the Senate too much, too little, or barely the proper degree of influence?
Read MoreThe presidency didn’t even exist yet, but opponents already described him as a wasteful, lazy, murderous pervert.
Read More[T]he office of President will never fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications
Read MoreThe man who holds the office doesn’t recognize Constitutional limitations at all.
Read MoreHamilton admits he’s not sure, and has no way of being sure, that four years is the right number of years. He is confident, though, that the president should be allowed to run for re-election without limitation.
Read More"Of the three powers, the judiciary is next to nothing."
Read MoreHamilton described the opponents’ case as “subtleties almost too contemptible for refutation,” meaning they were too stupid to argue with.
Read MoreHe aims to exhaust readers’ attention span by focusing on the rights that ARE in the Constitution, so they will lose interest and forget to notice that the Constitution fails to mention freedom of speech, assembly, religion, and several more.
Read MoreThe final essay had no great effect on history. But it serves as a fitting close to the effort.
Read MoreJohns Hopkins University President Ronald Daniels
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