... that was based on multiple beliefs as well as rules, and this came to be through their system of divided powers. "In a free government", stated Madison in Federalist 51, "the security for civil rights must be the same as for religious rights . . . It consists in the one case in the multiplicity of interests, and in ... ones, who had enough power to own land, so they were the ones though to be capable enough to elect the leader of their country. Slaves had no rights, and only some women were able to vote. It had a lot to do with social class, amount of money and of course amount of ... h...

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