The Federalist Papers · Federalist No. 68 · paragraph 11
yet we may safely pronounce, that the true test of a good government is its aptitude and tendency to produce a good administration.Read in context ›
Publius · Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison · 1787–1788
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