The Federalist

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Below are notes from books I've read. Short list right now, as I've just begun entering these. It's almost entirely excerpts, generally short. I'm leaving commentary out of this section; that's what the blog is for.

popular outrage leads to harm to the innocent

No. 6 (Hamilton)

...and by the usual progress of a spirit of resentment, the innocent were, after a while, confounded with the guilty in indiscriminate punishment.

page 32

We have often seen more emphasis put on the rights of citizenship than on its responsibilities. And today, as never before in the free world, responsibility is the greatest right of citizenship, and service is the greatest of freedom's privileges. — Robert F Kennedy