23-05-2019
Berikut kutipan surat tersebut:
"A pure democracy may possibly do, when patriotism is the ruling passion; but when the State abounds with rascals, as is the case with too many at this day, you must supress a little of that popular spirit."
https://digital.lib.niu.edu/islandora/object/niu-amarch%3A90358
Edward Rutledge, 1776
John Jay, 1776