Marakesh ð“…¦ on Nostr: I wish I could say he was, but I just found this quote by him: "I firmly believe that ...
I wish I could say he was, but I just found this quote by him: "I firmly believe that the benevolent Creator designed the republican Form of Government for Man." Samuel Adams,
Statement of (14 April 1785), quoted in The Writings of Samuel Adams (1904) edited by Harry A. Cushing
The Founders and that generation (heck, even people today!) still believed democratic republican government could work, because they they didn't have the benefit of over 200 years of history witnessing it's failures that we today have. They claimed "self-government" while still electing "governors" and representatives and the like.
Statement of (14 April 1785), quoted in The Writings of Samuel Adams (1904) edited by Harry A. Cushing
The Founders and that generation (heck, even people today!) still believed democratic republican government could work, because they they didn't have the benefit of over 200 years of history witnessing it's failures that we today have. They claimed "self-government" while still electing "governors" and representatives and the like.