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"But I go on this great republican principle, that the people will have virtue and intelligence to select men of virtue and wisdom. Is there no virtue among us? If there be not, we are in a wretched situation. No theoretical checks—no form of government can render us secure. To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea." --James Madison, 1788
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Off-topic, you'll enjoy this one. Takes your argument and runs with it...
Good thing that Clinton is Nixonian because Matt Taibbi sure wants to be Hunter Thompson. (And why would Clinton enthusiastically campaign for Goldwater after he defeated her supposed fave Rockefeller in the '64 primaries?)
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