No free country has ever been without Parties, which are a natural off…

James Madison
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No free country has ever been without Parties, which are a natural offspring of freedom. ✨ James Madison (1840). The Papers of James Madison: Purchased by Order of the Congress, Being His Correspondence and Reports of Debates During the Congress of the Confederation, and His Reports of Debates in the Federal Convention; Now Published from the Original Manuscripts, Deposited in the Department of State
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