“There is nothing in which mankind have been more unanimous; yet nothing can be inferred from it more than this, that the multitude have always been credulous, and the few artful.” -John Adams
The quote from John Adams reproduced above most closely represents the Founder’s reasoning behind which Constitutional principle?
Separation of powers
Consent of the governed
Freedom of Speech
A bicameral legislature
4 answers
My first instinct is that the multitude refers to the people or the "governed."
Freedom of speech
It is not Freedom on Speech
It is seperation of powers