The Federalist Papers · Federalist No. 63 · paragraph 12
In the most pure democracies of Greece, many of the executive functions were performed, not by the people themselves, but by officers elected by the people, and REPRESENTING the people in their EXECUTIVE capacity.Read in context ›
Publius · Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison · 1787–1788
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