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  • “The House of Representatives is to be the grand depository of the democratic principle of the government. ”
    James Madison , Federalist No. 52 · View
  • “Each state must retain its equal voice in Congress, regardless of size. ”
    David Brearley , Constitutional Convention (inferred) · View
  • “I cannot conceive that the people of America will choose, and every second year repeat the choice of, sixty-five or a hundred men who would be disposed to form and pursue a scheme of tyranny or treachery. ”
    James Madison , Madison, James. Federalist No. 55, 15 Feb 1788. · View
  • “The government will fall into the hands of the few and the great. This will be a government of oppression. ”
    Melancton Smith , Smith, Melancton. Speech, New York Ratifying Convention, 21 Jun 1788. · View
  • “Taxation without representation is tyranny. ”
    Gouverneur Morris , Speech to the Continental Congress · View
  • “Are they men? Then make them Citizens and let them vote. ”
    Gouverneur Morris , Constitutional Convention · View
  • “A republic, by which I mean a government in which the scheme of representation takes place, opens a different prospect, and promises the cure for which we are seeking. ”
    James Madison , Federalist No. 10 · View