“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, Writings from the New Nation, 1784-1826
The quote from John Adams reproduced above most closely represents the Founder’s reasoning behind which Constitutional principle?
“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, Writings from the New Nation, 1784-1826
The quote from John Adams reproduced above most closely represents the Founder’s reasoning behind which Constitutional principle?
Freedom of speech
Separation of powers
A bicameral legislature
Consent of the governed
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Consent of the governed
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