So I just started reading the Federalist Papers...

[Zarxrax]

So I just started reading the federalist papers, and just about fell out of my seat laughing once I got to the third one.

Because when once an efficient national government is established, the best men in the country will not only consent to serve, but also will generally be appointed to manage it;
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Hence, it will result that the administration, the political counsels, and the judicial decisions of the national government will be more wise, systematical, and judicious than those of individual States, and consequently more satisfactory with respect to other nations, as well as more SAFE with respect to us. - John Jay

Haha, I guess some of those guys must have never saw this coming

[rockwell]

No one thinks that when they hand their teenager a set of car keys that they will go out and wrap it around a light pole either.

You know the Greeks actually thought that hope was a curse, not a blessing and I think I have come to understand why.