In order to compare the perceptions of America held by these eighteenth century visionaries to those held today, we must first establish what exactly the modern view of American society is. Some might suggest it is a land of ... American is still upheld, if not with slightly more ethnic and cultural diversity than his original model, in the States of today. If we were to suppose there was still an American Dream', regardless of how realistic it is in today's society, or even of the society of the eighteenth century, it would be that which Benjamin ... will be justified for the good of the w...

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... further supported his argument by pointing out that just as there was a need to prevent against the corruption of public officials, as the Anti-Federalists acknowledged, there was an equal need to recognize the possibility that the people will be corrupted by self-interest, and therefore ... for the corruption of representatives as well. In an extensive republic however, each representative would be chosen by a greater number of people and there would be more candidates to choose from than in a small republic, therefore it's more likely that a worthy and uncorrupted candidate would be c...

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James Madison begins his famous Federalist Paper 51 by explaining that the purpose of his essay is to help the readers understand how the structure of the proposed government makes liberty possible. Each branch should be, for the most part, in Madison's opinion, independent. To assure such independence, no one branch should have too much power in selecting members of the other two branches ... . In his Second Treatise of Civil Government, John Locke stated that "it is not without reason the [man] seeks out and is willing to join in society with others who are already united, or have a mind to ...

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... which, empower and limit the government. The British political authorities have never in modern times faced a crisis that forced them to think the constitution through to first principles and to set these down, therefore the British constitution was never invented or designed but just grew, so that political facts became constitutional rules. This absence of a written constitution in a single document ... limitations on their representative assemblies, we (the British) impose none on ours."(Burch, Gardner & Jaenicke 1985, 70). In contrast the American constitution creates a more plurali...

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