The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from t…

James Madison
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The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government hold their power, is derived. ✨ Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (1852). The Federalist, on the New Constitution: Written in 1788, p.273
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