The scheme of separate confederacies, which will always multiply the c…

Alexander Hamilton
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The scheme of separate confederacies, which will always multiply the chances of ambition, will be a never failing bait to all such influential characters in the State administrations as are capable of preferring their own emolument and advancement to the public weal. ✨ Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (2003). The Federalist: With Letters of Brutus, p.290, Cambridge University Press
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