The true principle of a Republic is, that the people should choose whom they please to govern them. Representation is the only principle by which a free government can be maintained.
— Alexander Hamilton Early Modern

Founding Father, Treasury

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Speech at the Constitutional Convention

Date / Period

1787

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Controversial

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https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/hamilton.asp

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