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First Principles: That Form of Government Which Is Best Contrived To Secure An Impartial and Exact Execution of the Law, Is the Best of Republics

“That form of government which is best contrived to secure an impartial and exact execution of the law, is the best of republics.”– John Adams (1776)

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First Principles: That Form of Government Which Is Best Contrived To Secure An Impartial and Exact Execution of the Law, Is the Best of Republics

“That form of government which is best contrived to secure an impartial and exact execution of the law, is the best of republics.” – John Adams (1776)

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First Principles: There Is No Good Government But That Which is Republican

“There is no good government but what is republican. That the only valuable part of the British constitution is so; for the true idea of a republic is “an empire of laws, and not of men.” That, as a republic … Continue reading

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