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  1. FEDERALIST No. 2: Concerning the Preservation of the Perpetual Union

    Among the first truths which must be understood by any people desirous of preserving constitutional liberty is this: that the Union which secures their common safety, their political stability, and the lawful exercise of their rights cannot be treated as a temporary convenience, but must be regarded as a permanent and essential condition of the Republic itself.

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  2. FEDERALIST No. 1: General Introduction: On Faction and the Necessity of a New Political Choice

    The present condition of our nation’s politics has brought before the people of Connecticut a question which ought not be dismissed as another passing controversy: whether we shall remain confined to parties increasingly defined by faction, spectacle, unfulfilled promises, and division, or undertake the more difficult task of building a political institution devoted first to constitutional government and the public good.

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