One of the nuisances of the ballot is that when the oracle has spoken you never know what it means.

Lord Salisbury

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Voting Politics

Speaker

Lord Salisbury

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1877 1870s 19th century

Occupation

National leader Politician

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Lord Salisbury. Renfrew by-election speech. Oct. 1877, UK.

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James Madison
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Federalist 51 The Federalist Papers
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Time
1788 1780s 18th century
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Madison, James [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 51, The Structure of the Government Must Furnish the Proper Checks and Balances Between the Different Departments." New York Packet, 8 Feb. 1788.

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Madison, James. "No. 51: How to maintain: make the parts check each other. Also, a federal system divides power further.--Madison (or Hamilton)." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.