Alexander Hamilton
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The same rule that teaches the propriety of a partition between the various branches of power, teaches us likewise that this partition ought to be so contrived as to render the one independent of the other. ✨ Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay, Henry Barton Dawson (1864). The Fœderalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favor of the New Constitution, as Agreed Upon by the Fœderal Convention, September 17, 1787. Reprinted from the Original Text. With an Historical Introduction and Notes, p.499, New York : C. Scribner ; London : Sampson Low

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