The first topic that Madison addresses is the differentiation between a republic and a democracy. George Clinton, the Governor of New York and one of the foremost authors of the Anti-Federalist papers at the time of the ratification of the Constitution, cited Montesquieu, a political philosopher who authored ``The Spirit of the Laws'', to support his argument.
The first topic that Madison addresses is the differentiation between a republic and a democracy.
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George Clinton, the Governor of New York and one of the foremost authors of the Anti-Federalist papers at the time of the ratification of the Constitution, cited Montesquieu, a political philosopher who authored ``The Spirit of the Laws'', to support his argument.
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