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American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic
Topic: Politics and Law 10:36 am EST, Nov 26, 2007

America was constructed to foster arguments, not to settle them.

For the new American Republic, “government was not about providing answers, but rather about providing a framework in which the salient questions could continue to be debated.” To transform disagreement from a natural source of strife into a source of stability was a crucial insight, and is arguably the great achievement of the Constitution. What frustrates the passionate about America — its creaky checks and balances, diffuse sovereignties and general aversion to sudden change — is, Ellis argues, what makes possible the triumphs we do manage to pull off.

American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic



 
 
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