The legislative department is everywhere extending the sphere of its a…

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The legislative department is everywhere extending the sphere of its activity and drawing all power into its impetuous vortex. ✨ Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (1852). The Federalist, on the New Constitution, Written in 1788, p.229
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The legislative department is everywhere extending the sphere of its activity and drawing all power into its impetuous vortex. ✨ Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (1852). The Federalist, on the New Constitution, Written in 1788, p.229

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