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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

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