...example of this invitation is found in the opening number of The Federalist. in which Hamilton said that "it seems to have been reserved to the people...their political constitutions. on accident and force." It has been estimated that within six weeks of the Philadelphia Convention's adjournment. the Constitution...

...fate of an empire, in many respects the most interesting in the world. It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people...their political constitutions, on accident and force. If there be any truth in the remark, the crisis at which we are arrived, may with propriety be regarded...

...It has heen frequently remarked that it seems to have heen reserved to the people of this coontry, by their conduct and example, to decide the important...their political constitutions on accident and force. Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist No. 1 The Constitution of the United States replaced the Articles...

...confederacies of states (eg, a Southern Confederacy, Northern Confederacy, etc.). Publius announces "that it seems to have been reserved to the people...establishing good government from reflection and choice." But reflective men know that politics cannot ignore the role of "accident and force" in human affairs,...

...interesting in the world"; so too is the fate of its citizens, as "by their conduct and example" they will "decide the important question, whether societies...their political constitutions on accident and force" (FP, No. 1 :89). A strong whiff of exceptionalism is imparted by Hamilton's belief in America's special...

...said, were as important as any that had ever confronted a people: whether the union was to survive and whether "societies of men are really capable or not...their political constitutions on accident and force." A wrong decision, therefore, could be accounted a "general misfortune of mankind"; what Americans did...

...despite Hamilton's declaration in Federalist 1 that the ratification of the Constitution would determine "whether societies of men are really capable or not...their political constitutions on accident and force," the powers of our central government might seem to be more the product of accident than reflection,...

...wrote at the outset of the Federalist, the American founding was one that provoked the question of "whether societies of men are really capable or not...for their political constitutions on accident and force."5 Partaking of the unique writtenness of the Western tradition, the Constitution is in some...

...New York state), to endorse the new political framework, he added: // has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people...decide the important question, whether societies of men an realty capable or not of establishing good government from reflection and choice or whether they...

...scrutiny of the scientific eye.29 Adams saw clearly that his science of history decided in the negative "the important question, whether societies of men...establishing good government from reflection and choice." In the world according to Adams the scientific historian, all is diminished to accident and force....