A local spirit will infallibly prevail much more in the members of Con…

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A local spirit will infallibly prevail much more in the members of Congress than a national spirit will prevail in the legislatures of the particular States. ✨ Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (1842). The Federalist, on the New Constitution, Written in the Year 1788, p.218
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