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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832

August Glen-James

Dec 14, 2022

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Human Nature is Against a Plurality in the Executive: Thoughts by Alexander Hamilton, Federalist 70

Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dilike.

Jan 20, 2026 2 min read

Energy in the Executive: Thoughts by Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 70

A feeble execution is but another phrase for a bad execution; and a government ill executed, whatever it may be in theory, must be, in practice, a bad government.

Jan 16, 2026 1 min read

The Efficacy of Paper to Govern: Thoughts by John Francis Mercer at the Constitutional Convention, 1787.

The paper will only mark out the mode and the form. Men are the substance, and must do the business.

Jan 14, 2026 1 min read

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