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Quotation from A Disquisition on Government by John C. Calhoun
“constitution implies limitation or restriction”
A Disquisition on Government, Section on the negative power (The Works of John C. Calhoun, vol. 1 (1851), Internet Archive OCR text)
Calhoun's reason for holding that a government of the numerical majority alone has no constitution in the strict sense.
Citation: "constitution implies limitation or restriction" — John C. Calhoun, A Disquisition on Government, Section on the negative power (The Works of John C. Calhoun, vol. 1 (1851), Internet Archive OCR text). (id calhoun-disquisition-on-government-q3)
Portrait: John C. Calhoun, Rembrandt Peale, Public domain.
