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Old January 9, 2013, 03:55 PM   #250
Brian Pfleuger
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Originally Posted by BlueTrain
The authors of the constitution were fearful of themselves becoming tyrannical, right?
Possibly, but they certainly knew that they were mortal and certainly hoped that the new country would long outlive them and wisely did not trust whoever came after, regardless of if they trusted themselves or each other.
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