The Federalist Papers · Federalist No. 20 · paragraph 2

The United Netherlands are a confederacy of republics, or rather of aristocracies of a very remarkable texture, yet confirming all the lessons derived from those which we have already reviewed.

Publius · Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison · 1787–1788
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