...the American people live with a peculiar destiny: "to decide the important question, whether icties of men are really capable or not of establishing good...for their political constitutions on accident and lorcc." Browson agreed and, taking advantage of a reflective mood alter the bloodshed ot the War Between...

...whether the theory is sufficiently realistic to be workable. It remains to be seen, Hamilton says, "whether societies of men are really capable or not...destined to depend for their political constitutions [as Hume had it] on accident and force" (FP #1, 33)."5 Because of the conflicts and pitfalls of political...

...defense of ratification of the new Constitution drafted in Philadelphia, Alexander Hamilton declared, "It seems to have been reserved to the people of this country to decide by their conduct and example, the important question, whether societies of men are really...

...Hamilton underlines the point in that work's famous opening paragraph: "It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people...their political constitutions on accident and force." The human right to be free, in other words, does not guarantee the human capacity to be free. That...

...for Harrington a century earlier. Hamilton captured this symbolic empire in his opening paragraph: "[I]t seems to have been reserved to the people of...their political constitutions, on accident and force." 20 This was the empire of conscious government, similar to Thomas Jefferson's "empire of liberty" and...

...while its limited sway over the whole of human nature. America was in a unique position, he stated, to decide the Important question, whether societies...their political constitutions on accident and force... But this Is a thing more ardently to be wished than seriously to be expected. [Hamilton, No.l] Hamilton...

...to his defence of the Constitution, Alexander Hamilton4 (1757-1804) says that it is about deciding 'the important question, whether societies of men...their political constitutions, on accident and force' (Federalist Papers I). This constituent moment crystallises the fears and aspirations of the American...

...moderation and sobriety. It is at least a plausible claim. The opening passage of The Federalist put it as a question: "whether societies of men are really capable...their political constitutions on accident and force"? By linking "choice" with "reflection," this version of the question acknowledges that choice has inherent...

...former can choose their organization; the latter cannot. When Alexander Hamilton asked in Federalist \ "whether societies of men are really capable or not,...their political constitutions, on accident and force," his question was mostly rhetorical: The Americans were demonstrating to the world that government "from...

...constituted, may last one, two, or three days; a far greater difficulty is the preservation of it. 183 ...whether societies of men are really capable or...their political constitutions on accident and force. 184 But a constitution is not a model for a new society. It is an agreement among the people of the...