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"There is no maxim, in my opinion, which is more liable to be misapplied, and which, therefore, more needs elucidation, than the current, that the interest of the majority is the political standard of right and wrong." --James Madison, letter to James Monroe, 1786 The Essential Liberty Project Essential Liberty Pocket Guide Patriot Headline Report The Right Opinion Follow The Patriot Post :                You have received this email because you are subscribed to Founder's Quote Daily, a service of The Patriot Post . To subscribe to Founder's Quote Daily and The Patriot Post , link to http://patriotpost.us/subscribe/ . To manage your subscription or to unsubscribe, link to http://patriotpost.us/manage/ and log in with ...

"If we resort for a criterion to the different principles on which different forms of government are established, we may define a republic to be, or at least may bestow that name on, a government which derives all its powers directly or indirectly from the great body of the people, and is administered by persons holding their offices during pleasure for a limited period, or during good behavior." --James Madison, Federalist No. 39 The Essential Liberty Project Essential Liberty Pocket Guide Patriot Headline Report The Right Opinion Follow The Patriot Post :                You have received this email because you are subscribed to Founder's Quote Daily, a service of The Patriot Post . To subscribe to Founder's Quote Daily ...