The Federalist Papers · Federalist No. 18 · paragraph 6
It happened but too often, according to Plutarch, that the deputies of the strongest cities awed and corrupted those of the weaker; and that judgment went in favor of the most powerful party.Read in context ›
Publius · Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison · 1787–1788
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