Among the numerous advantages promised by a well-constructed Union, no…

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Among the numerous advantages promised by a well-constructed Union, none deserves to be more accurately developed than its tendency to break and control the violence of faction. ✨ Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (2009). The Federalist, p.52, Harvard University Press
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