Abraham Lincoln: "Dalam arti tertentu, dan sampai batas tertentu, ia [...

"Dalam arti tertentu, dan sampai batas tertentu, ia [presiden] adalah wakil rakyat. Ia dipilih oleh mereka, demikian juga kongres tersebut. Tetapi dapatkah dia, dalam sifat [dari] hal-hal, mengetahui keinginan rakyat, serta tiga ratus orang lainnya, datang dari semua berbagai daerah bangsa? Jika demikian, di mana kesopanan mengadakan kongres?"

--- Abraham Lincoln

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In a certain sense, and to a certain extent, he [the president] is the representative of the people. He is elected by them, as well as congress is. But can he, in the nature [of] things, know the wants of the people, as well as three hundred other men, coming from all the various localities of the nation? If so, where is the propriety of having a congress?