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“And don’t listen to those who keep saying, ‘The voice of the people is the voice of God.’ because the tumult of the crowd is always close to madness. ” Alcuin of York, 8th century AD

“… the Legislative being only a Fiduciary Power to act for certain ends, there remains still in the People a Supreme Power to remove or alter the Legislative, when they find the Legislative Act contrary to the trust reposed in them .” Locke, Second Treatise on Government, # 149, 1689

“If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal internal controls to government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be governed by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed ; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. ” Hamilton / Madison, Federalist 51, 1878