The Federalist Papers · Federalist No. 17 · paragraph 4
The superiority of influence in favor of the particular governments would result partly from the diffusive construction of the national government, but chiefly from the nature of the objects to which the attention of the State administrations would be directed.Read in context ›
Publius · Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison · 1787–1788
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