...Federalist 49, for they would "deprive government of that veneration which time bestows on every thing, and without which perhaps the wisest and freest governments would not possess the requisite stability." Perhaps in "a nation of philosophers" this concern might be waived; but "in every other nation, the...

...frequent appeals would . . . deprive the government of that veneration which time bestows on everything, and without which perhaps the wisest and freest governments would not possess the requisite stability."58 In Federalist No. 49, then (and elsewhere, notably in Nos. 10, 50, and 51), Madison described...

...sentiment." The two together would then acquire "that veneration which time bestows on every thing, and without which perhaps the wisest and freest governments would not possess the requisite stability."49 1 consider the sacralization process of the Declaration and the Constitution in the next...

...would, in great measure, deprive the government of that veneration which time bestows on everything, and without which perhaps the wisest and freest governments would not possess the requisite stability."78 Madison is recognizing that the foundation of government cannot be erected solely on...

...would in great measure deprive the government of that veneration, which time bestows on everything, and without which perhaps the wisest and freest governments...and its practical influence on his conduct, depend much on the number which he supposes to have entertained the same opinion. The reason of man, like...

...represented by the local lord; in a democracy, moral respect comes from numbers. As Madison writes, "If it be true that all governments rest on opinion,...and its practical influence on his conduct, depend much on the number which he supposes to have entertained the same opinion."4" Patronage of mores, like...

...constitutional conventions would "deprive the government of that veneration which time bestows on everything, and without which perhaps the wisest and freest governments would not possess the requisite stability."61 His view predominated at the federal level but not in the states, where from the 1820s...

...would, in great measure, deprive the government of that veneration which time bestows on everything, and without which perhaps the wisest and freest governments...and its practical influence on his conduct, depend much on the number which he supposes to have entertained the same opinion. The reason of man, like...

...to correct; besides, such ideas would destroy "that veneration, which time bestows on every thing, and without which perhaps the wisest and freest governments would not possess the requisite stability" (49:340). He demolishes such popular shibboleths as "where annual elections end, tyranny begins" (53:359)....

...would, in great measure, deprive the government of that veneration which time hestows on everithing, and without which perhaps the wisest and freest governments would not possess the requisite stahility" (324l- Audacity and innovation are not, then, permanent components of Madison's political...