John Jay
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American statesman and jurist (1745 to 1829); first Chief Justice of the US and co-author of The Federalist.
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Choosing officials through select bodies beats popular elections, where party zeal exploits the unwary (opens korrents.com)
“This mode has, in such cases, vastly the advantage of elections by the people in their collective capacity, where the activity of party zeal, taking the advantage of the supineness, the ignorance, and the hopes and…”
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Treaty negotiation sometimes requires perfect secrecy and immediate dispatch (opens korrents.com)
“It seldom happens in the negotiation of treaties, of whatever nature, but that perfect SECRECY and immediate DESPATCH are sometimes requisite.”
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Weakness and division at home invite danger from abroad, and union, strength and good government guard against it (opens korrents.com)
“It was remarked in the preceding paper, that weakness and divisions at home would invite dangers from abroad; and that nothing would tend more to secure us from them than union, strength, and good government within…”
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Choosing officials through select bodies beats popular elections, where party zeal exploits the unwary (opens korrents.com)