"All communities divide themselves into the few and the many.
The first are the rich and the well-born;
the other the mass of the people ... turbulent and changing,
they seldom judge or determine right.
Give therefore to the first class
a distinct, permanent share in the Government ...
Nothing but a permanent body can check the imprudence of democracy." | by: | |
Source: | speech to the Constitutional Convention concerning the United States Senate, 06/18/1787, quoted in the notes of Judge Yates |
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