We must bear in mind that we are not to confine our view to the present period, but to look forward to remote futurity. Constitutions of civil government are not to be framed upon a calculation of existing exigencies, but upon a combination of these with the probable exigencies of ages, according to the natural and tried course of human affairs.

Alexander Hamilton

Federalist 34

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Constitutional theory Politics

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Alexander Hamilton

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Federalist 34 The Federalist Papers

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Essay

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Political literature

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English

Time

1788 1780s 18th century

Era

American Revolutionary Period

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Founding Father Politician

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United States

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Hamilton, Alexander [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 34: The Same Subject Continued: Concerning the General Power of Taxation." New York Packet, 4 Jan. 1788.

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Hamilton, Alexander. "No. 34: Financial needs of the new government.--Hamilton." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.

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The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of THE CONSENT OF THE PEOPLE. The streams of national power ought to flow immediately from that pure, original fountain of all legitimate authority.

Alexander Hamilton

Federalist 22

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Alexander Hamilton
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Federalist 22 The Federalist Papers
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Time
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Era
American Revolutionary Period
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Hamilton, Alexander [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 22: The Same Subject Continued: Other Defects of the Present Confederation." New York Packet, 14 Dec. 1787.

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Hamilton, Alexander. "No. 22: Continuation.--Hamilton." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.

Another quote from the 1780s

Perhaps the interpretation of the Koran would now be taught in the schools of Oxford, and her pulpits might demonstrate to a circumcised people the sanctity and truth of the revelation of Mahomet.

Edward Gibbon

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

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Edward Gibbon
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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Historical literature
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English
Time
1789 1780s 18th century
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Gibbon, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Vol. 6, London: Strahan & Cadell, 1789, ch. 52.

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Gibbon, Edward. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Volumes 1-6. Vol. 6. Everyman's Library, 2010, ch. 52.

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An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.

George Eliot

Felix Holt, the Radical

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George Eliot
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Felix Holt, the Radical
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Novel
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English
Time
1866 1860s 19th century
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Eliot, George. Felix Holt, the Radical. Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, 1866, ch. 5.

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Eliot, George. Felix Holt, the Radical, edited by Lynda Mugglestone. Penguin Classics, 1995, ch. 5.