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Quotation from A Disquisition on Government by John C. Calhoun
“it is found, in practice, not only to succeed, but to be the safest, the wisest and the best that human ingenuity has ever devised.”
A Disquisition on Government, Section answering objections (trial by jury) (The Works of John C. Calhoun, vol. 1 (1851), Internet Archive OCR text)
Calhoun's praise of the unanimous jury as proof that the need for agreement produces agreement.
Citation: "it is found, in practice, not only to succeed, but to be the safest, the wisest and the best that human ingenuity has ever devised." — John C. Calhoun, A Disquisition on Government, Section answering objections (trial by jury) (The Works of John C. Calhoun, vol. 1 (1851), Internet Archive OCR text). (id calhoun-disquisition-on-government-q5)
Portrait: John C. Calhoun, Rembrandt Peale, Public domain.
