...it, when the people shall hecome so corrupted as to need despotic government, heing incapable of my other. I doubt, too, whether any other convention we can obtain may he able to make a hetter Constitution; for, when you assemble a numher of men, to have the advantage...

...that this is likely to be well administered for a course of years, and can only end in despotism, as other forms have done before it, when the people shall...despotic government, being incapable of any other. ". . .Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious they have...

...government "can only end in despotism, as other forms have done before it, when the people shall have become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other." Communities, large and small, are the places where those defining struggles occur — every day. Grateful...

...that this is likely to be well administered for a Course of Years, and can only end in Despotism, as other Forms have done before it, when the People shall become so corrupt'd as to need despotic Government, being incapable of any other. I doubt, too, whether any other...

...Constitution with all its faults, if they are such; because I think a general Government necessary for us ... I doubt too whether any other Convention we can obtain, may be able to make a better Constitution." Taking Sides Get Graphic Picture this! A seven-page document is printed and circulated in America....

...Constitutional Convention for a People who failing at the craft of Democracy "can only end in despotism, as other forms have done before it, when the people shall become so corrupt as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other..." Joseph Brant, the great Mohawk...

...that this is likely to be well administered for a course of years, and can only end in despotism, as other forms have done before it, when the people shall...despotic government, being incapable of any other. x We have already reviewed James Madison's quotation in which he referred to the fact that fewer than...

...years, and can only end in Despotism, as other forms have done before it, when the people shall have become so corrupted as to need despotic Government, being incapable of any other." u Can we not see in those words the sentiments of an old republican, aware of the compromises contained...

...that this is likely to be well administered for a Course of Years and can only end in Despotism as other forms have done before it, when the People shall...to need Despotic Government, being incapable of any other.'20 James Madison, who has often been considered a Humean political theorist (having used similar...

...that this is likely to be well administered for a course of years, and can only end in Despotism, as other forms have done before it, when the people shall...to need despotic Government, being incapable of any other.114 He goes on to praise the constitution they have produced as quite likely the best possible,...