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"En nuestros gobiernos, el verdadero poder reside en la mayoría de la comunidad, y la invasión de los derechos privados debe temerse principalmente, no por los actos del gobierno contrarios al sentir de sus constituyentes, sino por los actos en los que el g"

James Madison

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The quote means that in our governments, most power comes from what the majority of people want. The main risk to personal freedoms does not come from the government acting against what people want, but from the government doing exactly what most people want.

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