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[A] power equal to every possible contingency must exist somewhere in the government . . . ✨ Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (2015). The Federalist Papers: A Collection of Essays Written in Favour of the New Constitution, p.125, Coventry House Publishing
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