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December 18, 2016
John Adams to James Sullivan: Society can be governed only by general Rules. Government cannot accommodate itself to every particular Case
Depend upon it, sir, it is dangerous to open So fruitfull a Source of Controversy and Altercation, as would be opened by attempting to alter the Qualifications of Voters.There will be no End of it. New Claims will arise. Women will demand a Vote. Lads from 12 to 21 will think their Rights not enough attended to, and every Man, who has not a Farthing, will demand an equal Voice with any other in all Acts of State. It tends to confound and destroy all Distinctions, and prostrate all Ranks, to one common Levell. - - Representation:
Posted by gerardvanderleun at December 18, 2016 4:49 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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The gov't that governs the least governs the best.
Just leave people alone.
Posted by: ghostsniper at December 18, 2016 8:05 PM