(And no fair using Google…).
Who said the following (and where)?
“The right of equal suffrage among the States is another exceptionable part of the Confederation. Every idea of proportion and every rule of fair representation conspire to condemn a principle, which gives to Rhode Island an equal weight in the scale of power with Massachusetts, or Connecticut, or New York; and to Delaware an equal voice in the national deliberations with Pennsylvania, or Virginia, or North Carolina. Its operation contradicts the fundamental maxim of republican government, which requires that the sense of the majority should prevail. Sophistry may reply, that sovereigns are equal, and that a majority of the votes of the States will be a majority of confederated America. But this kind of logical legerdemain will never counteract the plain suggestions of justice and common-sense.”
Regular readers can probably guess based on posts from this weekend.
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April 5th, 2024 at 1:50 pm
Hmmm…it was either Antanas Mockus or Sarah Palin.
April 5th, 2024 at 2:31 pm
Good call! It is, in fact, from a letter Mockus posted to his web site to Palin in case Fajardo decides not to be his veep! I may have the translation off a bit.
April 6th, 2024 at 6:56 am
This is a total guess, but is the Hamilton in a Federalist paper?
April 6th, 2024 at 6:58 am
Yup. Federalist XXII, in fact.