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The proposed Constitution is, in strictness, neither a national no

The proposed Constitution is, in strictness, neither a national nor a federal constitution; but a composition of both. – James Madison

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The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to an uniformity of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government. – James Madison

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