The genius of Republican liberty, seems to demand on one side, not only that all power should derive from the people; but, that those entrusted with it should be kept in dependence on the people, by a short duration of their appointments; and, that, even during this short period, the trust should be placed not in a few, but in a number of hands.
James Madison in Federalist No. 37
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